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NOAA NCDC United States Historical Climatology Network

NOAA NCDC United States Historical Climatology Network: Monthly averaged maximum, minimum, and mean temperature and total monthly precipitation from stations in the United States.

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Datasets and variables

NOAA NCDC USHCN cfv[mean prcp Min Max ]

NOAA NCDC USHCN filnet[mean calc_mean prcp Min Max ]



NOAA NCDC USHCN raw[mean prcp Min Max ]


NOAA NCDC USHCN tos[mean calc_mean prcp Min Max ]
NOAA NCDC USHCN urban[calc_mean mean Min Max ]

Independent Variables (Grids)

StationID grid: /ID (ids) ordered [ (22659)] :grid
time grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (0011 1 Jan 1695 - 0011 1 Feb 1695) to (Dec 1996) by 0.9999999 N= 3624 pts :grid

References

Karl, T.R., C.N. Williams, Jr., F.T. Quinlan, and T.A. Boden, 1990: United States Historical Climatology Network (HCN) Serial Temperature and Precipitation Data, Environmental Science Division, Publication No. 3404, Carbon Dioxide Information and Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 389 pp.

Last updated: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 20:27:28 GMT

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NOAA NCDC USHCN[ ]