NOAA Central Library
Monthly Weather Review

Articles from Vol. 1 - Vol. 101 (1873-1973) are in PDF format and require the free Adobe reader.

How to Obtain Articles

Monthly weather review

To search for articles from the Monthly weather review go to AMS Journals Online and click on the link to "Search the Journals" or the "Available Journals" link. The site provides access to issues of the Monthly weather review prior to 1974 for free; access to issues from 1974 onwards requires a subscription.

Monthly weather review. Supplement

To search for issues of the Monthly weather review. Supplement make a choice on the drop-down list below and click on the "View Supplement" button.

Publication History

The Monthly weather review first began publication in July 1872. It was issued by the Office of the Chief Signal Officer from 1872 until 1891. In 1891 the duties of the Signal Office transferred to the new Weather Bureau where the Review was published until June 1966. From Aug. 1966-Oct. 1970, it was published by the United States Environmental Science Services Administration. When the Bureau became part of the newly-formed National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Review was published by NOAA until the end of 1973. In 1974 publication was turned over to the American Meteorological Society which continues publishing it as a subscription.

The Weather Bureau published the Monthly weather review. Supplement irregularly from 1914 to 1949. The Bureau never published no. 43.

Scope of coverage

The Monthly weather review covers research related to analysis and prediction of observed and modeled circulations of the atmosphere, including technique development, data assimilation, model validation, and relevant case studies. This includes papers on numerical techniques and data assimilation techniques that apply to the atmosphere and/or ocean environment.

The Monthly weather review. Supplement replaced numerous independent series of bulletins that the Bureau published before 1914. The Supplements featured contributions to the science of meteorology and weather forecasting that were too voluminous to publish in the regular Monthly weather review.

Monthly Weather Review Indexes

Monthly Weather Review Author and Subject Index 1873-1935 prepared and transcribed from the original

MWR General Subject Indexes to 1887 (1861-1887)

MWR Index 1888

MWR Index 1889

Supplements to the Monthly Weather Review Index

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Funding for this project was provided by the NOAA Climate Database Modernization Program, National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC.

Acknowledgements

The following libraries contributed publications towards this project: Environment Canada Library, Ontario, Canada; NOAA Seattle Reagional Library, Seattle, Washington; National Climatic Data Center Library, Asheville, NC and the Betty Peterson Memorial Branch Library, Camp Springs, MD.