How's the weather?

Everyday conversation usually starts with a reference to the weather.

• "Hot enough for ya?"
• "Good weather for ducks."

Have you ever wondered what the weather was like a hundred years ago?

You can read about weather in Georgia through the Georgia Historic Newspaper project- years 1750-1925. A search using the term "weather" brought up 360 matches.

"The Georgia Historic Newspaper Database is an outgrowth of the Georgia Newspaper Project managed by the University of Georgia Libraries. Since the early 1950s the UGA Libraries have made a systematic effort to identify and obtain copies of every newspaper ever published in Georgia and to preserve these valuable historical resources on microfilm. To date over 15 million pages of newsprint have been microfilmed, including at least one newspaper from every county in Georgia that published a newspaper. The Georgia Newspaper Project is part of the U.S. Newspaper Project and has received support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. "

The database is available through GALILEO. You can get the password from the librarian.