American Academy of Arts and Sciences National Academy of Sciences (1879–) (Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States)[3] International Meteorological Organization (1894)[3]
Han var også genealog. I boken The Abbe-Abbey Genealogy berettet han om historien til sin foreldrefamilie. Den boken ble skrevet i samarbeid med Josephine Nichols. Andre bøker av Abbe er:
Annual Summary and Review of Progress in Meteorology (1873-88)
Treatise on Meteorological Apparatus and Methods (1887)
Preliminary Studies for Storm and Weather Predictions (1889)