Weather Data

The impact of Kitty Hawk's U.S. Weather Bureau station and the two nearby lifesaving stations upon the obtainment of powered-flight is sometimes minimized. However, until Wilbur and Orville received the weather data from the U.S. Weather Bureau in Washington D.C., neither had heard of Kitty Hawk. But after viewing the sustained wind levels and receiving word from the station about the topography, the Wrights made a trip. While at Kitty Hawk the Wrights made frequent use of the weather station where among other things they calibrated their anemometers and sent telegraphs to the outside world, including the telegram of December 17, 1903. More important to the Wrights on a daily basis were the salty and courageous men of the Kill Devil Hill lifesaving station. Unknowingly caught in a moment of history, these lifesavers ironically hold several of the first accolades associated with flight. This includes the group recognition of being the "world's first flight crew," as well as individual titles by J.T. Daniels as "the first airplane casualty" and "the first photographer of flight."



September 1900
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678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
30
October 1900
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123456
78910111213
14151617181920
2122232425


July 1901
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031
August 1901
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123
45678910
11121314151617
1819202122


August 1902
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
252627282930
31
September 1902
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
282930
October 1902
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031


September 1903
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
23242526
27282930
October 1903
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
November 1903
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
2930
December 1903
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223


April 1908
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
4
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
2627282930
May 1908
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
September 1911
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1920212223
24252627282930
October 1911
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
2930