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California Weather Data: Station Description
Description of INDIO.C
(NCDC #4259, Indio Fire Station)
Observer
INDIO FIRE DEPARTMENT
Location
County: Riverside
Nearest City: Indio
Latitude: 33 deg
44 min N
Longitude: 116 deg
16 min W
Elevation: -21 ft
Station and site characteristics
Ground cover: Bare soil,
Soil type: Sandy Loam
Available data
UC IPM database records begin/end: January 1, 1951
/ about six months ago
Reporting interval: Daily
Stored variables:
Air Temperature, max/min:
Daily max/min measured at 5 feet.
Air Temperature at observation time:
Pan Evaporation:
Daily total measured 7 days per week.
Precipitation:
Daily total measured in 8 inch diameter gauge.
Soil Temperature, max/min:
Daily max/min measured at 4 inch depth.
Weather Type:
Observer's estimate of weather condition at observation time.
Variables with computed averages: precip, air temp
Comments
Previous station name and location: NCDC #4259, Indio U.S. Date Garden (1/1/1951-6/1/1982).
Details about reported variables
Air Temperature, max/min
| Variable or Sensor: |
Daily max/min measured at 5 feet. |
| Height of Sensor: |
5 feet |
| Backup Station #1
/ #2
| THERMAL.A / INDIO.A |
| Averages Station Backup: |
INDIO.C |
93% of possible values are stored for the period
01/01/1951 to 06/30/2009.
Air Temperature at observation time
| Variable or Sensor: |
Air Temperature at observation time |
70% of possible values are stored for the period
01/01/1951 to 06/30/2009.
Pan Evaporation
| Variable or Sensor: |
Daily total measured 7 days per week. |
| Averages Station Backup: |
INDIO.C |
40% of possible values are stored for the period
03/05/1959 to 05/31/1982.
Precipitation
| Variable or Sensor: |
Daily total measured in 8 inch diameter gauge. |
| Backup Station #1
/ #2
| THERMAL.A / INDIO.A |
| Averages Station Backup: |
INDIO.C |
98% of possible values are stored for the period
01/01/1951 to 06/30/2009.
Soil Temperature, max/min
| Variable or Sensor: |
Daily max/min measured at 4 inch depth. |
| Height of Sensor: |
4 inch depth |
| Backup Station #1
/ #2
| THERMAL.A / INDIO.A |
10% of possible values are stored for the period
03/01/1976 to 04/30/1982.
Weather Type
| Variable or Sensor: |
Observer's estimate of weather condition at observation time. |
2% of possible values are stored for the period
01/12/1951 to 11/29/1981.
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