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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.

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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.

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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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