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3 unusual facts about 14th Weather Squadron


14th Weather Squadron

The cards, developed by Herman Hollerith for use in the 1890 U.S. Census, made the use of historical weather records a practical means for determining the probability of future weather events and patterns.

A 1934 Works Progress Administration (WPA) project resulted in an atlas of ocean climates, prepared by punching 2 million observations (taken from 1880 to 1933) onto cards and summarizing the results.

At this time, IBM electronic accounting equipment installed at the Climatic Center allowed data processing directly from punched card to tape.



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