 ds509.0 Detailed Metadata
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Dataset Citation:
U.S. National Climatic Data Center, U.S. National Weather Service, U.S. Air Force Weather Agency, and U.S. Federal Aviation Agency, updated monthly: NCDC TD3210 U.S. First Order Summary of Day, 1884(1948)-continuing. Dataset ds509.0 published by the CISL Data Support Section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, available online at http://dss.ucar.edu/datasets/ds509.0/. |
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Data contributors:
- DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
- DOC/NOAA/NWS > National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
- DOD/USAF/AFWA > Air Force Weather Agency, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Department of Defense
- DOT/FAA > Federal Aviation Agency, U.S. Department of Transportation
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| Total volume: 4.191 Gbytes |
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| Observing Platform | Observation Type | Average Frequency of Data
(varies by individual platform ID and data type) | Temporal/Geographical Coverage
(each dot represents a 3° box containing one or more observations) |
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| Land Station | Surface- Average cloudiness midnight to midnight (tenths)
- Average cloudiness sunrise to sunset (tenths)
- Average daily wind speed (miles/hour)
- Cooling degree days
- Departure from normal temperature (deg F)
- Average daily dew-point temperature (deg F)
- Different types of weather occurring on a given day
- Day with weather in the vicinity
- Daily evaporation (inch)
- Fastest 2-minute wind direction and speed (degrees and miles/hour)
- Fastest 5-second wind direction and speed (degrees and miles/hour)
- Time of fastest mile or fastest 1-minute wind (hours and minutes)
- Base of frozen ground layer below the surface (inch)
- Top of frozen ground layer below the surface (inch)
- Thickness of frozen ground layer below the surface (inch)
- Highest instantaneous wind direction and speed (16-point compass and miles/hour)
- Fastest mile wind direction and speed (16-point compass and miles/hour)
- Fastest observed one-minute wind direction and speed (degrees and miles/hour)
- River gauge height (foot)
- Heating degree days
- Daily minimum temperature of water in an evaporation pan (deg F)
- Minimum relative humidity (percent)
- Average temperature (deg F)
- Daily maximum temperature of water in an evaporation pan (deg F)
- Maximum relative humidity (percent)
- Peak gust time or maximum 5-second wind speed time
- Peak gust direction and speed (16-point compass and miles/hour)
- Daily precipitation (inch)
- Average daily station pressure (inch of mercury)
- Daily percent of possible sunshine
- Resultant wind direction (degrees)
- Resultant wind speed (miles/hour)
- Average cloudiness midnight to midnight from ceilometer (oktas)
- Average cloudiness sunrise to sunset from ceilometer (oktas)
- Average sky cover midnight to midnight (tenths)
- Average sky cover sunrise to sunset (tenths)
- Average daily sea level pressure (mbar)
- Average sky cover midnight to midnight (oktas)
- Average sky cover sunrise to sunset (oktas)
- Daily minimum soil temperature under unknown cover at a 2-inch depth (deg F)
- Daily minimum soil temperature under unknown cover at a 4-inch depth (deg F)
- Daily minimum soil temperature under unknown cover at a 8-inch depth (deg F)
- Daily minimum soil temperature under grass at a 2-inch depth (deg F)
- Daily minimum soil temperature under grass at a 4-inch depth (deg F)
- Daily minimum soil temperature under grass at a 8-inch depth (deg F)
- Daily minimum soil temperature under bare ground at a 4-inch depth (deg F)
- Daily minimum soil temperature under sod at a 4-inch depth (deg F)
- Daily minimum soil temperature under sod at a 8-inch depth (deg F)
- Daily snowfall (inch)
- Snow depth at observation time (inch)
- Soil temperature at observation time under unknown cover at a 2-inch depth (deg F)
- Soil temperature at observation time under unknown cover at a 4-inch depth (deg F)
- Soil temperature at observation time under unknown cover at a 8-inch depth (deg F)
- Soil temperature at observation time under unknown cover at a 20-inch depth (deg F)
- Soil temperature at observation time under unknown cover at a 40-inch depth (deg F)
- Soil temperature at observation time under grass at a 2-inch depth (deg F)
- Soil temperature at observation time under grass at a 4-inch depth (deg F)
- Soil temperature at observation time under grass at a 8-inch depth (deg F)
- Soil temperature at observation time under grass at a 20-inch depth (deg F)
- Soil temperature at observation time under grass at a 40-inch depth (deg F)
- Soil temperature at observation time under grass at a 60-inch depth (deg F)
- Soil temperature at observation time under bare ground at a 2-inch depth (deg F)
- Soil temperature at observation time under bare ground at a 4-inch depth (deg F)
- Soil temperature at observation time under bare ground at a 8-inch depth (deg F)
- Soil temperature at observation time under bare ground at a 20-inch depth (deg F)
- Soil temperature at observation time under bare ground at a 40-inch depth (deg F)
- Soil temperature at observation time under bare ground at a 60-inch depth (deg F)
- Soil temperature at observation time under sod at a 2-inch depth (deg F)
- Soil temperature at observation time under sod at a 4-inch depth (deg F)
- Soil temperature at observation time under sod at a 8-inch depth (deg F)
- Soil temperature at observation time under sod at a 20-inch depth (deg F)
- Soil temperature at observation time under sod at a 40-inch depth (deg F)
- Soil temperature at observation time under sod at a 60-inch depth (deg F)
- Daily maximum soil temperature under unknown cover at a 2-inch depth (deg F)
- Daily maximum soil temperature under unknown cover at a 4-inch depth (deg F)
- Daily maximum soil temperature under unknown cover at a 8-inch depth (deg F)
- Daily maximum soil temperature under grass at a 2-inch depth (deg F)
- Daily maximum soil temperature under grass at a 4-inch depth (deg F)
- Daily maximum soil temperature under grass at a 8-inch depth (deg F)
- Daily maximum soil temperature under bare ground at a 4-inch depth (deg F)
- Daily maximum soil temperature under sod at a 4-inch depth (deg F)
- Daily maximum soil temperature under sod at a 8-inch depth (deg F)
- Thickness of ice on water (inch)
- Daily maximum temperature (deg F)
- Daily minimum temperature (deg F)
- Average daily wet-bulb temperature (deg F)
- Temperature at observation time (deg F)
- Total daily sunshine (minutes)
- 24-hour wind movement (mile)
- NCDC_TD3210:WTEO
- Water equivalent of snow depth (inch)
| - 1 to 3 per day
- 1 to 6 per week
- 1 to 4 per month
- 1 to 10 per year
| 1881-07-01 to 2009-05-31 
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