Question: Falling Cycle was compared to what band from Washinton, D.C.?
Sentence (from "Solar cycle 5"): The maximum smoothed sunspot number (SIDC formula) observed during the solar cycle was 82.0, in February 1805 (the second-lowest of any cycle to date, as a result of being part of the Dalton Minimum), and the starting minimum was 5.3.
Relevant evidence: No