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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.Documents
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Datasets and variables
| cfv | NOAA NCDC USHCN cfv[prcp
Min
Max
mean
] |
| elev | NOAA NCDC USHCN elev[ ID |] |
| filnet | NOAA NCDC USHCN filnet[Max
Min
prcp
calc_mean
mean
] |
| lat | NOAA NCDC USHCN lat[ ID |] |
| lon | NOAA NCDC USHCN lon[ ID |] |
| Name | NOAA NCDC USHCN Name[ ID |] |
| raw | NOAA NCDC USHCN raw[prcp
Min
Max
mean
] |
| state | NOAA NCDC USHCN state[ ID |] |
| State Division | NOAA NCDC USHCN statediv[ ID |] |
| tos | NOAA NCDC USHCN tos[Max
Min
prcp
calc_mean
mean
] |
| urban | NOAA NCDC USHCN urban[mean
Min
Max
calc_mean
] |
Independent Variables (Grids)
| StationID | grid: /ID (ids) ordered [ (11084) (12813) (13160) ... (489905)] N= 1221 pts :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.
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