NCDC TD3210 U.S. First Order Summary of Day

This data set from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) contains summary of the day first order station surface weather observations. The stations are operated by the National Weather Service (NWS), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the U.S. Air Force (Air Weather Service), and the U.S. Navy (Navy Weather Detachment). The NWS and FAA sites are located in the contiguous U.S., Alaska, Puerto Rico, Hawaii and other Pacific Islands. The Air Force and Navy operate stations worldwide.

The observations were generally recorded midnight to midnight for the 24-hour period. The major data parameters are wind, maximum temperature, minimum temperature, wet-bulb temperature, dew-point temperature, maximum relative humidity, minimum relative humidity, precipitation, station pressure, sea level pressure, snowfall, snow depth, and present weather. The earliest data is for 1881 but most stations begin in 1948. Periods of record vary widely among the stations.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1881-07-01
    End:  2009-05-31

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1881-07-01
Temporal Range End 2009-05-31
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 80
Bounding Box South Lat -85.0333
Bounding Box West Long -178.4167
Bounding Box East Long 179.3
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links N/A
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format NCDC_TD3210
Standardized Resource Format OTHER
Asset Size 4191 MB
Legal Constraints

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Access Constraints None
Software Implementation Language N/A

Resource Support Name Bob Dattore
Resource Support Email dattore@ucar.edu
Resource Support Organization NSF NCAR - Geoscience Data Exchange
Distributor NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange
Metadata Contact Name N/A
Metadata Contact Email datahelp@ucar.edu
Metadata Contact Organization NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange

Author National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Federal Aviation Agency, U.S. Department of Transportation
557th Weather Wing, U.S. Air Force, U. S. Department of Defense
National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Publisher NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
Publication Date 1987-10-14
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/H0J8-V485
Alternate Identifier d509000
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-03T00:44:40Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.gdex::d509000
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, Federal Aviation Agency, U.S. Department of Transportation, 557th Weather Wing, U.S. Air Force, U. S. Department of Defense, National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce. (1987). NCDC TD3210 U.S. First Order Summary of Day. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research. https://doi.org/10.5065/H0J8-V485. Accessed 04 October 2025.

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