Between 1337 and 1344, William Merlee (or Morley), a fellow of
Merton College, Oxford, kept daily records of his observations of
the Oxford weather, in the first recognised attempt to forecast the
weather through empirical scientific means.
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Editors, Litencyc. "Introduction of scientific weather forecasts". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 31 July 2012 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=9425, accessed 23 November 2024.]