Climatedata - Summary of
the Day
Climatedata NCDC Summary of the Day provides access to
the National Climatic Data Center data files of daily observations
from across the United States. Parameters of temperature,
precipitation, snowfall and evaporation can be displayed in Daily
Statistics, Daily Data, Monthly Statistics, Monthly Data, Bin
Statistics or Station History views. Data can be plotted on graphs,
printed or exported in different formats.
Climatedata is available in all the UW science library
units.
- Choose Climatedata from the menu.
- Choose the appropriate disc: East, Central, West1,
West2.
- Maximize the window.
- Choose Select from the tool bar and highlight
State.
- Type in the state postal abbreviation, or using the mouse,
highlight the state abbreviation.
- Press the Enter key or click on Replace Previous
Selection.
- Click on desired station from the displayed list.
- To search for or a specific station, choose Select from
the tool bar, then choose Station Name.
Type in the name of the station with asterisks, before and after, for
example: *SEATTLE*
- From the Select option on the tool bar you can also
search by county, latitude/ longitude, elevation, station id, etc.
and sort by station id, county, etc. by choosing Ordering.
- After selecting a station, click on P to display the Station
Parameter window.
- Click on the desired parameter (i.e., air temperature,
precipitation, snow etc.)
- Then choose the appropriate Displaying Data option.
- Click on the S
or P button to
toggle between station list and parameters.
Choose Data from tool bar and the desired display or click
on the icon as below:
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DATA DISPLAY
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Daily Statistics - summary statistics on a
day-by-day basis. Mean, minimum, and maximum values for each
day of the year and the year the minimum or maximum occurred
for each day can be displayed.
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D
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Daily Data - displays the time-series of daily
values. The data are formatted into a day-month-year grid.
Summary statistics are also displayed for each month.
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M
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Monthly Data - displays the time-series of monthly
values. The data are arranged in a month-by-year grid. Daily
values are summarized to monthly values by one of three
user-selectable statistics: total, average, end-of-month,
maximum, minimum.
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Monthly Statistics - summary statistics on a
month-by-month basis. Summarizes data over the entire period
of record, reporting three types of statistics: daily
statistics, period statistics (monthly or annual), and
exceedances.
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Bin Statistics - presents a view of the
distribution of the daily observations for a selected
station. The distribution display is expressed as counts of
observations falling within defined limits, or bins. It
covers the entire period of record for that station.
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Station History - information about the NCDC
station and its history
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- Click on Plot from the tool bar and choose desired
graphical display.
- It is possible to plot several parameters on the same graph,
such as average minimum and maximum temperatures.
- Each successive parameter selected is added to the graph
unless cleared (i.e., Clear Plot from Plot on the tool bar).
- Clicking on the plot icon
or choosing Plotting Info from Plot
on
the tool bar, allows customization of the graph including
specifying years, view, style, labels, scaling, fonts, etc.
- From the window displaying the data you wish to print, click
on the printer icon or choose File - Print from the tool
bar.
- For the Daily Data view, a screen will appear allowing you
to
pick the years to be printed.
- For the all other views, the entire contents of the currently
active window will be printed in the format displayed.
- All data is printed, regardless of how much is currently
displayed or highlighted, except for in the Station window,
which
will only print the stations highlighted.
Click on Mark from the tool bar and then click on Mark
Station for each of the stations to be exported.
- Choose Export or the X icon from the tool bar. For
exporting multiple stations, choose Export from the tool
bar, then click on Export Marked Stations.
- Choose the desired parameter and click OK.
- Choose the desired view and format* from the scroll down menus
under Export Options.
- Choose the desired years if applicable.
- Click on the
icon on the
Export tool bar.
- Specify the drive and name the file (e.g. a:clim.tab).
*Eight formats are available for exporting, although not all formats
are supported for all views:
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Station Info
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Daily Data
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Daily Statistics
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Monthly Data
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Monthly Statistics
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Station History
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Tabular
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X
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X
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X
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X
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Delimited
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X
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X
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X
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d-Base
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X
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X
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Lotus
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X
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X
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X
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X
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NCDC
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X
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Binary
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X
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Time Series
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X
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NWS
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X
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Choose File from the tool bar, then choose Exit.
Natural Sciences Library / natsci@u.washington.edu
University of Washington
December 1997