A Gridded Hourly Precipitation Data Base for the United States

The Climate Prediction Center at NCEP compiled a multi-year gridded hourly precipitation data set over the United States. One of the main goals of the project was to produce a manageable research-quality data set suitable for studies of precipitation variability on timescales ranging from diurnal to interannual. This data set was derived from the hourly observations of approximately 2500 U.S. stations. The observations were gridded, using a modified Cressman scheme, into 2-degree latitude by 2.5-degree longitude boxes.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1963
    End:  1994

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1963
Temporal Range End 1994
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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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Related Resource #1 : NCEP/CPC Historical United States Daily Precipitation Analysis
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Asset Size 808.236 MB
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Author Higgins, R. Wayne
Janowiak, John E.
Yao, Yu-Ping
Publisher NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
Publication Date 1996-06-14
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/P6BM-VM62
Alternate Identifier d507000
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Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
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Metadata Date 2025-10-09T01:25:30Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.gdex::d507000
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Higgins, R. Wayne, Janowiak, John E., Yao, Yu-Ping. (1996). A Gridded Hourly Precipitation Data Base for the United States. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research. https://doi.org/10.5065/P6BM-VM62. Accessed 25 October 2025.

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