Observer Manual Downloads
Taking the Obs, Kansas 1978
From 1965, US Weather Bureau Form 612-7, "Official Weather Observer's Record", is available for download below (37 pages):
From 1962, the US Weather Bureau booklet 'Instructions for Climatological Observers', Circular B, can be downloaded below (75 pages):
From 1953, US Weather Bureau Circular N 'Manual of Surface Observations' is available below (248 pages):
From 1949, the WBAN Manual of Surface Observations may be downloaded below (109 pages):
From 1942, the US Army technical manual TM1-235, "The Weather Observer", is available below (704 pages):
From 1942, the US Weather Bureau publication "Instructions for Making Pilot Balloon Observations" is available below (71 pages):
From 1941, US Weather Bureau Circular M 'Instructions to Marine Meteorological Observers' is available below (120 pages):
From 1934, The UK Met Office "Meteorological Observer's Handbook", MO 191, may be downloaded below (195 pages):
From 1942, a later edition of this handbook may be downloaded below (219 pages):
The 1924 US Weather Bureau booklet 'Instructions for Cooperative Observers' may be downloaded below (48 pages):
From 1911, the book "Hints to Meteorological Observers" by W Marriott is available below (78 pages):
From 1908, the US Weather Bureau publication "Instructions to the Marine Meteorological Observers" by Henry Lee Heiskellis available below (47 pages):
From 1902, "Instructions to Observers of the Indian Meteorological Department" by J Eliot is available below (127 pages):
From 1900, the publication "A Barometer Manual for the Use of Seamen" is available below (63 pages):
From 1892, the publication "Hints to Meteorological Observers in Tropical Africa" by the British Association for the Advancement of Science is available below (7 pages):
The 1887 manual 'General Instructions to Observers of the Signal Service", which is a manual for the US Signal Service military observing stations, can be downloaded below (147 pages):
An 1882 manual published by the US Signal Service providing instructions to the voluntary observers is available below (112 pages):
From 1878, the manual 'Instructions to Observers Connected with the Meteorological Service of the Dominion of Canada' can be downloaded below (212 pages):
From 1861, the British manual 'Instructions for Taking Meteorological Observations with Tables' by Sir Henry James of the Royal Engineers may be downloaded below (112 pages):
An 1860 booklet providing instructions to weather observers in the Smithsonian network is available below for download (78 pages):
From 1851, the publication 'Correspondence on the Establishment of an Universal System of Meteorological Observations by Land and Sea' by M F Maury is available below (30 pages):
