Meteorological information from Romanian newspapers of the 19th century (ROMETNEWS19)
dataset
posted on 24.06.2019, 00:00 by S. (Sorin) Cheval, Aritina HaliucAritina Haliuc, B. (Bogdan) Antonescu, A. (Adrian) Tișcovschi, M. (Mihaela) Dobre, F. (Florin) Tătui, A. (Alexandru) Dumitrescu, A. (Ancuta) Manea, G. (George) Tudorache, A. (Anisoara) Irimescu, M-V. (Marius-Victor) Birsan, C. (Cary) MockThe dataset contains meteorological information from the period 1880-1900 extracted from three Romanian newspapers (România Liberă, Gazeta de Transilvania and Foaia Poporului). Each entry represents a meteorological event, with its metadata and characteristics (date, location, category, impact, validation).
Validation consisted in checking the consistency of the newspaper reports with meteorological observations from weather stations.