U.S. Historical Climatology Network (HCN) Temperature and Precipitation, 1880-1994

The Historical Climatology Network (HCN) was established in part to aid in the detection of regional climate change. Some of the HCN stations are first-order weather stations, but most are U.S. cooperative stations. To be included in the HCN, a station must have been active in 1987 and have had at least 80 years of temperature and precipitation data. The HCN database includes station histories, monthly temperatures, and total monthly precipitation data.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1880-01
    End:  1994-12

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1880-01
Temporal Range End 1994-12
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Bounding Box North Lat N/A
Bounding Box South Lat N/A
Bounding Box West Long N/A
Bounding Box East Long N/A
Spatial Representation N/A
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Resource Format ASCII
Standardized Resource Format ASCII
Asset Size 540.492 MB
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Author National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U. S. Department of Energy
Publisher NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
Publication Date 1987-11-05
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/CX31-NX67
Alternate Identifier d565000
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-09T01:26:52Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.gdex::d565000
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U. S. Department of Energy. (1987). U.S. Historical Climatology Network (HCN) Temperature and Precipitation, 1880-1994. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research. https://doi.org/10.5065/CX31-NX67. Accessed 12 October 2025.

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