From NWS
1891: By order of the United States Congress and President Benjamin Harrison, at noon eastern standard time the United States Weather Bureau was officially established within the Department of Agriculture. This was the first civilian government weather agency in the United States, replacing weather observation and forecasting functions that had been performed by military personnel in the Army Signal Service since 1870. The Weather Bureau survives today as the National Weather Service after changing its name in 1970. The state of Iowa is currently serviced by five National Weather Service weather forecast offices in Des Moines, Davenport, Omaha, Sioux Falls, and La Crosse.

1 July 1825 → Kentucky’s first official weather observation was taken in Newport. The day was calm with sunny skies in the morning and increasing clouds in the afternoon. The temperature peaked around 80 degrees. 1 July 1931 → The Weather Bureau began regular early morning airplane observations at Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, and Omaha. 1 July 1931 → The summer flood along the Yangtze River during July and August 1931 was the most severe in history, with over 51 million Chinese affected. 3.7 million people perished from this greatest disaster of the century due to disease, starvation or drowning. This flood was preceded by a prolonged drought in China during the 1928-1930 period. 1 July 1988 → Mount Washington, NH reported 4 inches of snow.

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