BUSCADOR RECOLECTA

Climatic information recorded by the physician Francisco Fernández Navarrete in Granada (southern Spain) during the first third of the 18th century. Observations are included in the book “Cielo y suelo granadino” (Sky and soil in Granada), and consist of qualitative comments relating climatic conditions to illness and diseases from 1706 to 1730, as well as instrumental observations (using an “English barometer” and a “Florentine thermometer”) from December 1728 to February 1730.

New meteorological data from southern Spain corresponding to the period 1785-1830. Data sources are early newspapers and medical studies interested in the influence of environment conditions on health and illness. Data correspond to five cities in the area (Cádiz, Sevilla, Málaga, Granada, and Cartagena). Around 19.000 new meteorological observations (temperature, pressure, number of rainy days, wind direction, and qualitative statements on rainfall, wind force, cloudiness, fog, and storms) are recorded.