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The data format is ASCII records of 137 characters in length. Each record contains one month of precipitation data for one station, as follows:

First Record in File:
CharactersContents
1-37RECAPITULATION DES PLUIES DE L'ANNEE
38-41Year
42-137Blank
 
Remaining Records in File:
CharactersContents
1-2Month (01-12)
3-6Station code
7-130Daily precipitation totals (31 fields of 4 characters each)
XXXX = missing
0000 = trace
4 blanks = 0 (zero)
131-132Number of rainy days in month
Special characters have the same meaning as for the daily precipitation totals above
133-137Monthly precipitation total
Special characters have the same meaning as for the daily precipitation totals above
Updated 22 July 2005 

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