@07@This is an information file for the file area "Precipitation Data from NCDC" ============================================================================ @8C@BEGIN UPDATE NOTICE: 8/95 @0C@Preliminary hourly precipitation data for Honolulu is now available for the period from 1/1/95-7/31/95. @0B@============================================================================ @82@BEGIN UPDATE NOTICE: 3/95 @02@Hourly precipitation data from 3 stations on the island of Oahu are now available for the period from January, 1991 through May, 1994. The 3 stations are Honolulu Int. Airport, Opaeula, and Waialua. For each of the stations, hourly data files are available in delimited ASCII and dBase (dbf) format. Each file is compressed into a "ZIP" file to reduce download time. The "dbf" files have self-explanatory field names and the ASCII delimited files have informative headers. (Preliminary hourly precipitation data for Honolulu for the period from 1/1/95 through 1/31/95 are also now available.) END UPDATE NOTICE 3/95 =============================================================================== @8A@BEGIN UPDATE NOTICE: 12/94 @0B@Files containing 1994 precipitation data (1/1/94 through 12/31/94) are also available for downloads. Three formats are available as described below: 94PPT.WK1 Preliminary precipitation from NCDC for Honolulu Airport, HI in Lotus 123 format. 94PPT.TXT Preliminary precipitation from NCDC for Honolulu Airport, HI in ASCII delimited format. 94PPT.DBF PrelIminary precipitation from NCDC for Honolulu Airport, HI in dBase IV format. For 94PPT.TXT and 94PPT.DBF, the following information apply: Precipitation is measured in inches (in). Data value of "-9999" denotes missing data. "T" denote trace amount of rain. All data originated from National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) BBS in Asheville, NC (704-271-4286, N-8-1, upto 9600 bps). Voice phone # (704) 271-4800 The data included in these files are from the Preliminary Local Climatological Data reports. The precipitation data was converted from hourly table originally provided in ASCII text format. The data is subject to change after the QA/QC procedures are done at NCDC. The finalized data will be available in the future since there is a longer lag time in obtaining the finalized data in digital format. @8A@END UPDATE NOTICE: 10/94 @0B@============================================================================ @07@In this file area, there are precipitation data from 5 stations from island of Oahu. For each of the stations, hourly and daily average data files are available in delimited ASCII and dBase (dbf) format. Each file is compressed into "ZIP" file to reduce download time. The "dbf" files have self-explanatory field names and the ASCII delimited files have informative headers. The five stations are as follows: Name Lat. Long. Elevation (ft) ---------------------- --------- ---------- -------------- Honolulu Int. Airport N21:20:00 W157:55:00 7 Kii-Kahuku N21:41:00 W157:58:00 20 Opaeula N21:34:00 W158:02:00 1060 Waiahole N21:28:00 W157:53:00 750 Waialua N21:35:00 W157:07:00 30 FILE DESCRIPTIONS =================== Zipped Un-zipped File Name File Name File Description ------------ ------------ -------------------------------------------- HA6290DA.ZIP HA6290DA.TXT Daily average precipitation data (in) from Honolulu International Airport between 10/1/62 - 12/27/90 in ASCII delimited format. HA6290DD.ZIP HA6290DD.DBF Daily average precipitation data (in) from Honolulu International Airport between 10/1/62 - 12/27/90 in dBase DBF format. HA6290HA.ZIP HA6290HA.TXT Hourly precipitation data (in) from Honolulu International Airport between 10/1/62 - 12/27/90 in ASCII delimited format. HA6290HD.ZIP HA6290HD.DBF Hourly precipitation data (in) from Honolulu International Airport between 10/1/62 - 12/27/90 in dBase DBF format. KK7990DA.ZIP KK7990DA.TXT Daily average precipitation data (in) from Kii-Kahuku between 7/1/79 - 1/31/90 in ASCII delimited format. KK7990DD.ZIP KK7990DD.DBF Daily average precipitation data (in) from Kii-Kahuku between 7/1/79 - 1/31/90 in dBase DBF format. KK7990HA.ZIP KK7990HA.TXT Hourly precipitation data (in) from Kii- Kahuku between 7/1/79 - 1/31/90 in ASCII delimited format. KK7990HD.ZIP KK7990HD.DBF Hourly precipitation data (in) from Kii- Kahuku between 7/1/79 - 1/31/90 in dBase DBF format. OP6590DA.ZIP OP6590DA.TXT Daily average precipitation data (in) from Opaeula between 4/1/65 - 12/30/90 in ASCII delimited format. OP6590DD.ZIP OP6590DD.DBF Daily average precipitation data (in) from Opaeula between 4/1/65 - 12/30/90 in dBase DBF format. OP6590HA.ZIP OP6590HA.TXT Hourly precipitation data (in) from Opaeula between 4/1/65 - 12/30/90 in ASCII delimited format. OP6590HD.ZIP OP6590HD.DBF Hourly precipitation data (in) from Opaeula between 4/1/65 - 12/30/90 in dBase DBF format. PPTASCII.ZIP All ASCII delimited files in this file area (10 files) PPTDBF.ZIP All dBase (dbf) files in this file area (10 files) WH6590DA.ZIP WH6590DA.TXT Daily average precipitation data (in) from Waiahole between 5/1/65 - 12/27/90 in ASCII delimited format. WH6590DD.ZIP WH6590DD.DBF Daily average precipitation data (in) from Waiahole between 5/1/65 - 12/27/90 in dBase DBF format. WH6590HA.ZIP WH6590HA.TXT Hourly precipitation data (in) from Waiahole between 5/1/65 - 12/27/90 in ASCII delimited format. WH6590HD.ZIP WH6590HD.DBF Hourly precipitation data (in) from Waiahole between 5/1/65 - 12/27/90 in dBase DBF format. WL6590DA.ZIP WL6590DA.TXT Daily average precipitation data (in) from Waialua between 3/1/65 - 12/31/90 in ASCII delimited format. WL6590DD.ZIP WL6590DD.DBF Daily average precipitation data (in) from Waialua between 3/1/65 - 12/31/90 in dBase DBF format. WL6590HA.ZIP WL6590HA.TXT Hourly precipitation data (in) from Waialua between 3/1/65 - 12/31/90 in ASCII delimited format. WL6590HD.ZIP WL6590HD.DBF Hourly precipitation data (in) from Waialua between 3/1/65 - 12/31/90 in dBase DBF format.