PRECIPITATION CLIMATIC DATA
- Adjusted Monthly Precipitation, Snowfall and Rainfall for Canada (1874-1990)
- from: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA): The
National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
Supporting cryospheric research since 1976
449 UCB, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0449 - metadata at http://nsidc.org/data/docs/daac/nsidc0072_canadian_precip.gd.html
- Data Contributors
GROISMAN, PAVEL YA.
SERREZE, MARK C. - Instruments used: rain gauges
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This data set contains mean monthly precipitation values from 6692 stations in Canada. The NOAA National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) bought the original data from the Canadian Atmospheric Environment Service (AES) in the early 1990s and adjusted the measurements to account for inconsistencies and changes in instrumentation over the period of record. NCDC distributes the data set TD-9816 "Canadian Monthly Precipitation", which contains both the original and adjusted data. NSIDC has been authorized to release the adjusted data only.
The earliest records are from 1874, and the latest records are from 1990, although stations may have different starting and ending dates. Efforts were made to minimize the effects of instrument changes and other biases that complicate analyses of Canadian precipitation.
- Precipitation data also taken from Canadian Climate Normals. See last page about temperature data.
- average precipitation for months December, January, and February
