Manuscript Database - Subject: Weather - Kentucky - Jefferson County
Weather - Kentucky - Jefferson County
Baron, Goldie, 1901-1985. Diary, 27 Jan - 6 Feb. 1937. 33pp. PhotocopyIn her diary of the 1937 flood in Louisville, Ky. Baron mentions the weather situation for most days recorded in the two-week period -- the continual rain, one night of snow, etc. Baron also gives exact figures for the height of flood waters on the peak day of the flood as compared to the last flood record in 1884.
Weather - Kentucky - Jefferson County
Haldeman Family Papees, 1843-1985. 28 boxes.An Aug. 12, 1887 letter complains about the heat and notes that Louisville was actually the hottest city in the nation; a March 2, 1898 describes a 'typical tough March Day" in Louisville; and a Feb. 9, 1904 letter discussing the "warm and humid" weather causing "a great deal of sickness all over the city..."
Weather - Kentucky - Jefferson County
Haldeman Family Added Papers, 1898-1940.Throughout his correspondence with his wife, Bruce Haldeman notes weather conditions in Louisville. A Jan. 29, 1902 letter notes, "Last. night it commenced to sleet and snow and this morning the ground was covered with two or three inches of icy rust..."
Weather - Kentucky - Jefferson County
Jacob, Henrietta (Etta) Wilson Pope, 1835-1889. Diaries, 1888, 1 January - 8 May 1889. 2 vols.Jacob's diaries give frequent accounts of the weather situation and temperature in Louisville, Kentucky during 1888 and the first half of 1889.
Weather - Kentucky - Jefferson County
Preston Family Papers - Gray Collection, 1754-1899. 2 boxes.Edward Dorsey Hobbs writes Francis Preston 5 July 1831 re: rain and the rise of the Ohio River; he writes 16 Feb. 1833 re: a "six or seven" inch snow -- "(a very unusual thing with us )."
Weather - Kentucky - Jefferson County
Tyler, Elizabeth Johnson Hulbert, 1863- Diary, 1909-1910.Discusses the weather throughout the diary. Specific instances: "22 Nov. 1909-We had the most terrible storm--hail stones--wind and rain--Owen and I sat up until a fter midnight."p.31 11 Dec. 1909 "Sleeting all day and very slippery! p.39. 9 Jan.1910 "Cold, snowing and miserable", P ?48. 17 Jan. 1910 "Cars blocked on account of heavy snow storms--cold lit p.56
Weather - Kentucky - Jefferson County
WAVE Radio 1937. Flood Records, 22 Jan -4 March 1937. 51 items.Radio broadcasts and bulletins by WAVE, 22 Jan.-4 Mar. 1937, re: 1937 flood. Includes weather reports, statistics about flood levels, and describes hardships due to cold, unheated houses, and the rain turning into sleet during the flood period. One bulletin described the rainfall as "heaviest in the nation".