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Documentation, Notes, and References

	Special/Important Notices
	Data Price Schedule and General System Information
	System Help and Detailed Information
	Receipt and Usage of Data
	Description and Walk-through (PDF)
	Glossary of Terms
	Utility Software Links
	Additional Help (Online Order Problems, Etc)
	Global Surface Network, Monthly Data, Delimited format documentation
	Data sample - Delimited w/o Station Name	- Summary of month type data for global stations. - Over 300 stations in historical database. - Mainly for larger cities. - Data for as early 1850 to present for some stations. - Precipitation, temperature, and presssure data. - The stations are part of the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) network.
	Data sample - Delimited with Station Name
	Station list
	Precipitation Data, U.S. 15 Minute, Delimited format documentation
	Fixed Length & Variable Length format documentation (TD3260) (MS Word document)
	Data sample - Delimited w/o Station Name	- 15-minute precipitation data (reported 4 times per hour, if precip occurs) for U.S. stations along with selected non-U.S. stations in U.S. territories. - Over 3400 stations in the historical database. - Data for 1971 to present for some stations. - Includes major city and many small town locations. - Daily total precipitation is included as part of the data record; however, for final official daily totals, we recommend the "Surface Data, Daily." - Note: we recommend the delimited format (option of space or comma-delimited), unless you have software requiring the variable or fixed length format.
	Data sample - Delimited with Station Name
	Station list (950 KB - 5 min @ 28.8 kb/s)
	Precipitation Data, U.S. Hourly, Delimited format documentation
	Fixed Length & Variable Length format documentation (TD3240) (MS Word document)
	Data sample - Delimited w/o Station Name	- Hourly precipitation data for U.S. stations along with selected non-U.S. stations in U.S. territories. - Over 6000 stations in the historical database. - Data for 1948 to present for some stations. - Includes major city and many small town locations. - Daily total precipitation is included as part of the data record; however, for final official daily totals, we recommend the "Surface Data, Daily." - Note: we recommend the delimited format (option of space or comma-delimited), unless you have software requiring the variable or fixed length format.
	Data sample - Delimited with Station Name
	Station list (950 KB - 5 min @ 28.8 kb/s)
	Surface Data, Global Monthly, Delimited format documentation
	Data sample - Delimited w/o Station Name	- Summary of the month type data for worldwide stations. - Over 3000 stations in historical database. - Data for 1987 to 1999 for some stations. - Mainly for larger cities, originating from monthly "CLIMAT" bulletins reported by the stations. - Monthly total precipitation, monthly mean temperature, and the monthly average sea level pressure are commonly available, but several other elements such as sunshine duration are available for selected locations.
	Data sample - Delimited with Station Name
	Station list (490 KB - 3 min @ 28.8 kb/s)
	Surface Data, U.S. Daily, Delimited format documentation
	Fixed Length - COOP & Variable Length - COOP format documentation (TD3200) (MS Word document)
	Fixed Length - WBAN & Variable Length - WBAN format documentation (TD3210) (MS Word document)
	Data sample - Printable Web Form	- Summary of day type data for U.S. stations along with selected non-U.S. stations in U.S. territories. - Data for 1948 (or earlier) to present for some stations. - Over 19,000 stations in the historical database. - Includes major city and many small town locations. - Daily total precipitation and daily maximum/minimum temperature are the commonly measured parameters, but many other elements such as snow depth and peak wind gust are available for some of the locations. - Note: we recommend the Web Form or the Delimited Format (option of space or comma-delimited), unless you have software requiring the variable or fixed length format.
	Data sample - Delimited w/o Station Name
	Data sample - Delimited with Station Name
	Station list (2.4 MB - 15 min @ 28.8 kb/s)
	Surface Data, U.S. Monthly, Delimited format documentation
	Fixed Length - COOP & Variable Length - COOP format documentation (TD3220) (MS Word document)
	Data sample - Delimited w/o Station Name	- Summary of the month type data for U.S. stations along with selected non-U.S. stations in U.S. territories. - Over 19,000 stations in the historical database. - Data for 1948 (or earlier) to present for some stations. - Includes major city and many small town locations. - Monthly total precipitation, monthly mean temperature, and the monthly average maximum and minimum temperature are commonly available, but other elements such as monthly snowfall and heating/cooling degree days are available for many locations. - Note: we recommend the delimited format (option of space or comma-delimited), unless you have software requiring the variable or fixed length format.
	Data sample - Delimited with Station Name
	Station list (2.3 MB - 15 min @ 28.8 kb/s)