Climatological Record Book
Entry ID:
gov.noaa.ncdc.C00031
|
[
Update this Record
]
|
Updating this record requires registration.
|
Summary
Abstract:
Climate Record Book is a publication archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). This record contains daily, monthly, seasonal, and annual averages, extremes, or occurrences. Most data are sequential by period of record 1871-1910, 1911-1930, 1931-1950, 1951-1970, and 1971-1990. Climatological Record Books are prepared and maintained by National Weather ... Service stations and
offices. These books present detailed climatological data for an
individual station, or office, for a long period of years. Data are
arranged by element by years. The first volume, 1871-1910, was
prepared for 202 stations although not all stations had the full
period of record. The second volume 1911-1930, is available for 228
stations, the third volume, 1931-1950, is available for 247 stations,
and the fourth volume, 1951-1970, is available for 324 stations. The
five volumes have been placed on 35-millimeter microfilm. Volumes one
(1871-1910), two (1911-1930), and three (1931-1950) of each station's
record book are on one reel of 35-millimeter microfilm, volume four
(1951-1970) is on a second reel of 35-millimeter microfilm. More than
one station's record book is on the same reel of microfilm. These
microfilm are filed in the NCDC archives. These books have also been
imaged by Information Manufacturing Corporation of West Virginia
(IMCWV) and are available for viewing in Web Search Store Retrieve
Display (WSSRD). The following is a list of what each volume contains:
Volume One, 1871-1910 Instructions Location of Office Pressure -
Highest and Lowest Pressure - Mean Station and Absolute Monthly Range
Temperature - Monthly Mean and Departure from Normal Temperature -
Monthly Mean Maximum and Minimum Temperature - Absolute Maximum and
Date Temperature - Absolute Minimum and Date Temperature - Greatest
Daily Range, Mean Daily Range Temperature - Absolute Monthly Range,
Mean Variability Temperature - Lowest Maximum, Highest Minimum
Temperature - No. of days with Maximum 32 Deg. F or below, 90 Deg. for
above Temperature - No. of days with Minimum 32 Deg. F or below, 0
Deg. for below Relative Humidity - Mean 7 a.m., 7 p.m. Precipitation
and Departure from Normal Precipitation - Greatest in 24 hours
Precipitation - One inch an Hour and Over Precipitation - No. of Days
with .01 inch or over; 0.4 inch or over Precipitation - No. of Days
with .25 inch or more; 1.00 inch or more Precipitation - Total
Snowfall in inches and tenths; No. of Days with Snow Precipitation -
greatest snowfall in 24 hours (inches and tenths), and depth on ground
at end of month Precipitation - Greatest Depth of Snow on Ground, and
Date Wind - Total Movement Miles Wind - Prevailing Direction and
Average Hourly Velocity Wind - Maximum Velocity, Direction and Date
Weather - Hours of Sunshine and Percentage of Possible Weather -
Average Cloudiness Weather - No. of Days Clear, Partly Cloudy, and
Cloudy Weather - No. of Days with Fog, Hail, Thunderstorms Weather -
No. of Days with Auroras, Solar Halos, Lunar Halos Daily Mean
Temperature (whole degrees) Daily Maximum Temperature (whole degrees)
Daily Minimum Temperature (whole degrees) Daily Precipitation (inches
and hundredths) Daily Snowfall (inches and tenths) Mean Hourly
Pressure (inches and hundredths) Mean Hourly Temperature (to tenths)
Mean Hourly Wind Velocity (miles and tenths per hour) Prevailing Wind
Direction Hourly Sunshine (in percentages) Instrumental
Equipment. Volume Two, 1911-1930 Instructions Location of Office
Pressure - Highest and Lowest Pressure - Mean Station and Absolute
Monthly Range Temperature - Monthly Mean and Departure from Normal
Temperature - Monthly Mean Maximum and Minimum Temperature - Absolute
Maximum and Date Temperature - Absolute Minimum and Date Temperature -
Greatest Daily Range; Mean Daily Range Temperature - Absolute Monthly
Range; Mean Variability Temperature - Lowest Maximum, Highest Minimum
Temperature - No. Days with Maximum 32 Deg. for Below, 90 Deg. for
Above Temperature - No. Days with Minimum 32 Deg. for Below, 0
Deg. for Below Relative Humidity - Mean 7 a.m., 7 p.m. Frost - Latest
Killing in Spring - Earliest Killing in Autumn - Growing Season
Precipitation and Departure from Normal Precipitation - Greatest in 24
hours; Amount and Date Precipitation - One inch an Hour and Over,
Amount and Date Precipitation - No. of Days with .01 inch or over; .04
inch or over Precipitation - No. Days with .25 inch or more; 1.00 inch
or more Precipitation - Total Snowfall, in inches and tenths; No. of
Days with Snow Precipitation - Greatest Snowfall in 24 hours and Depth
on Ground at End of Month Precipitation - Greatest Depth of Snow on
Ground and Date Wind - Total Movement, Miles Wind - Prevailing
Direction and Average Hourly Velocity Wind - Maximum Velocity,
Direction and Date Weather - Hours of Sunshine and Percentage of
Possible Weather - Average Cloudiness 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. Weather - No. of
Days Clear, Partly Cloudy, and Cloudy Weather - No. of Days with Fog,
Hail, Thunderstorms Weather - No. of Days with Auroras, Solar Halos,
Lunar Halos Daily Mean Temperature, January-December Daily Maximum
Temperature, January-December Daily Minimum Temperature,
January-December Daily Precipitation, January-December Daily Snowfall,
January-December Mean Hourly Pressure, January-December Mean Hourly
Wind Velocity, January-December Prevailing Wind Direction,
January-December Hourly Sunshine January-December Instrumental
Equipment Remarks on Exposure of Instrument Shelter Remarks on
Exposure of Rain Cage Volume Three, 1931-1950 Instructions Location of
Office Pressure - Highest and Lowest Pressure - Mean Station and
Absolute Monthly Range Temperature - Monthly Mean and Departure from
Normal Temperature - Monthly Mean Maximum and Minimum Temperature -
Absolute Maximum and Date Temperature - Absolute Minimum and Date
Temperature - Greatest Daily Range; Mean Daily Range Temperature -
Absolute Monthly Range; Mean Variability Temperature - Lowest Maximum,
Highest Minimum Temperature - No. of Days with Maximum 32 Deg. F or
Below, 90 Deg. for Above Percent of Relative Humidity - Mean 7 a.m.,
noon, 7 p.m. Frost - Latest killing in Spring - Earliest killing in
Autumn, Growing Season Precipitation and Departure from Normal
Precipitation - Greatest in 24 hours, Amount and Date Maximum
Precipitation Precipitation - No. of Days with .01 inch or over; .04
inch or over Precipitation - No. of Days with .25 inch or more; 1.00
inch or more Precipitation - Total Snowfall, in inches and tenths;
No. of Days with Snow (0.1 inch or more) Precipitation - Greatest
Snowfall in any 24 hours and Depth on Ground at End of Month
Precipitation - Greatest Depth of Snow on Ground and Date Wind -
Prevailing Direction and Average Hourly Velocity Wind - Maximum
Velocity, Direction, and Date Weather - Hours of Sunshine and
Percentage of Possible Weather - Average Cloudiness 7 a.m., noon, 7
p.m. Weather - No. of Days Clear, Partly Cloudy, Cloudy Weather -
No. of Days with Light and Dense Fog Weather - No. of Days with Hail
and Thunderstorms Weather - No. of Days with Auroras, Solar Halos,
Lunar Halos Wind - Average Hourly Velocity and Total Hours,
January-December Visibility, January-December Daily Mean Temperature,
January-December Daily Maximum Temperature, January-December Daily
Minimum Temperature, January-December Daily Precipitation,
January-December Daily Snowfall, January-December Mean Hourly
Pressure, January-December Mean Hourly Temperature, January-December
Mean Hourly Wind Velocity, January-December Prevailing Hourly Wind
Direction, January-December Hourly Sunshine, January-December
Averages, Extremes, and Total for the Year Instrumental Equipment
Remarks on Exposures of Wind Equipment Volume Four, 1951-1970
Instructions Location of Office Pressure - Highest and Lowest Pressure
- Average Station Temperature - Monthly Average and Departure from
Normal Temperature - Monthly Average Maximum and Minimum Temperature -
Highest and Date Temperature - Lowest and Date Temperature - Highest
Daily Average and Date Temperature - Lowest Daily Average and Date
Temperature - No. of Days with Maximum 32 Deg. F or Below, 90 Deg. for
Above Temperature - No. of Days with Minimum 32 Deg. F or Below, 0
Deg. for Below Monthly and Seasonal Heating-Degree Days and Departures
Freeze Data Precipitation and Departure from Normal Precipitation -
Greatest in 24 hours Precipitation - Excessive Precipitation - Maximum
Precipitation - No. of Days with .01 inch or over; .10 inch or over
Precipitation - No. of Days with .50 inch or over, 1.00 inch or over
Precipitation - Monthly and Seasonal Snowfall; No. of Days 0.1 inch or
more Precipitation - Number of Days with Snowfall 1.0 and 3.0 Inches
Precipitation - Greatest Snowfall in 24 hours; Greatest Depth on
Ground Wind - Prevailing Direction and Average Hourly Speed Wind -
Fastest Mile or Peak Gust, Direction, and Date Weather - Hours of
Sunshine and Percent of Possible Weather - Number of Days Clear,
Partly Cloudy, and Cloudy Weather - Number of Days with Heavy Fog;
Heavy Dust or Sandstorm; Heavy Smoke, Haze, or both Weather - Number
of Days with Hail and Thunderstorms Averages - 6-Hourly Observations
of Sky Cover, Pressure, Psychrometric Data and Wind Daily Mean
Temperature, January-December Daily Maximum Temperature,
January-December Daily Minimum Temperature, January-December Daily
Precipitation, January-December Daily Snowfall, January-December
Volume Five, 1971-1990 Instructions Location of Office Pressure -
Highest and Lowest Pressure - Average Station Temperature - Monthly
average and departure from the norm Temperature - Monthly average
maximum and minimum Temperature - highest and date Temperature -
lowest and date Temperature- highest daily average and date
Temperature - lowest daily average and date Temperature - number days
with max 32 or below, 90 or above Temperature - number of days with
min 32 or below, zero or below Daily Maximum Temperature,
January-December Daily Minimum Temperature, January-December Total
monthly and seasonal heating degree days and departure from normal
Total monthly and annual cooling degree days (base 65) and departure
from normal Freeze data Precipitation and departure from normal
Precipitation - greatest in 24 hours amount and date Precipitation -
excessive Precipitation - maximum Precipitation - number of days with
.01 inch or over; .10 inch or over Precipitation - number of days with
.50 inch or over; 1.00 inch or over Precipitation - total monthly and
seasonal snowfall; number of days with snow .1 or more Precipitation -
number of days with snowfall 1.0 inch or more and 3.0 inches or more,
including ice pellets Precipitation - greatest snowfall in any 24
hours and date Precipitation - greatest depth of snow of ground and
date Precipitation - greatest water equivalent of snow of ground Wind
- prevailing direction and average hourly speed Wind - fastest mile,
fastest observed one-minute wind or peak gust direction and date
Weather - number of days clear, partly cloudy, and cloudy Weather -
number of days with heavy fog; heavy dust or sandstorm; heavy smoke,
haze, or both (visibility reduced to 1/4 mile or less) Weather -
number of days with hail and thunderstorms 
Purpose:
To make a wide range of climatic data available to
researchers and the public.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: publication
CURRENTNESS REFERENCE: Ground Condition
Related URL
|
Description:
View Source Metadata document from the Metadata Manager and Repository (NMMR).
|
Geographic Coverage
(Click for Interactive Map)
Spatial coordinates
| |
N: 72.0
|
|
S: -15.0
|
|
E: -60.0
|
|
W: 130.0
|
Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator:
National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Dataset Title:
Climatological Record Book
Dataset Release Date:
Unknown
Data Presentation Form:
publication
Online Resource:
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov
Temporal Coverage
Start Date:
1871-01-01
Stop Date:
1990-12-31
Quality
ATTRIBUTE ACCURACY REPORT: Not provided
LOGICAL CONSISTENCY REPORT: Unknown
COMPLETENESS REPORT: Completeness information not available.
LINEAGE/PROCESS STEP:
PROCESS DESCRIPTION: Unknown
PROCESS DATE: Unknown
Access Constraints
ACCESS CONSTRAINTS: None
DISTRIBUTION LIABILITY: Every effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the limits of current NOAA quality control procedures. NOAA can only certify that the data provided to its customers is an authentic copy of the records which were accepted for inclusion in NOAA archives. NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.
Use Constraints
None
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Personnel
Role:
DIF AUTHOR
Phone:
828-271-4800
Fax:
828-271-4876
Email:
ncdc.orders at noaa.gov
Contact Address:
151 Patton Avenue, Room 120
City:
Asheville
Province or State:
NC
Postal Code:
28801-5001
Country:
USA
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2006-07-05
Last DIF Revision Date:
2011-07-21
|
[
Update this Record
]
|
Updating this record requires registration.
|
|
