DATE
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DESCRIPTION
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SAMPLES
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Daily climate data
[digital] |
for over twenty-four thousand stations. Parameters reported include: high, low and mean temperatures;
precipitation; snowfall; snowdepth and degree days. Many of these
stations go back to 1948, although some stations go back to the turn
of the century. |
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Surface hourly observations
[digital] |
for over 1,000 sites in the
U.S. Parameters reported include: air temperature, dewpoint, wet-bulb,
pressure, relative humidity, wind speed and wind direction. Coming soon will be solar radiation and PET. |
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Hourly precipitation
[digital] |
for select Midwestern sites. |
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Local Climatological Data
[paper records] |
for most major midwestern cities. The LCD reports
are a certified publication produced by the National Climatic Data
Center that includes summary of the day data, hourly precipitation,
and 3-hourly observations including cloud cover and visibility. |
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Storm Data
[paper records] |
for flood, hail, high wind, tornado, blizzard
and any other strange or unusual weather reports. |
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Historical Climate Division
[digital] |
Historical Climate Division (digital) data back
to 1895 for temperature, precipitation, degree days and Palmer drought
indices on a monthly basis. |
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Solar radiation
[digital] |
data for select sites are available on a daily,
monthly or annual basis. |
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Potential evapotranspiration
[digital] |
data for select sites are available on a daily,
monthly or annual basis. |
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Modeled soil moisture
[digital] |
data for Midwestern climate divisions back to
1949 on a weekly basis. |
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| CD-ROM Products |
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Please note that these sample products are just a few of the formats and
products that the MRCC has developed. Other formats and products may be
available. Some of these products are available on our on-line subscription
service, the Midwest Applied Climate System (MACS), and others are only available through
a special order placed with our Service Office. For more information, call
(217) 244-8226 or write:
Midwestern Regional Climate Center
2204 Griffith Drive
Champaign, IL 61820
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