Data · dataset · 2026
U.S. Historical Climatology Network (HCN) Temperature and Precipitation, 1880-1994
Listed in National Center for Atmospheric Research and Geoscience Data Exchange at NSF NCAR — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.5065/cx31-nx67
The Historical Climatology Network (HCN) was established in part to aid in the detection of regional climate change.
Description
Some of the HCN stations are first-order weather stations, but most are U.S. cooperative stations. To be included in the HCN, a station must have been active in 1987 and have had at least 80 years of temperature and precipitation data.
The HCN database includes station histories, monthly temperatures, and total monthly precipitation data.
Links
Get the data
- Resource Homepage doi.org/10.5065/cx31-nx67 ↗
download · DOI / persistent id · from data ucar edu
Where it is published
- data.ucar.edu /dataset/u-s-historical-climatology-network-hcn-temperature-and… ↗
National Center for Atmospheric Research dataset page
landing page · from data ucar edu
Catalogue records · 2
- CKAN API data.ucar.edu/api/3/action/package_show?id=7260bb4b-4899-4468-8a0b-b8c8f654e… ↗
metadata API · from data ucar edu
- OAI-PMH record gdex.ucar.edu/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_dc&identifier=oai%3Aedu.… ↗
metadata API · from gdex ucar edu
Topics
Provenance · 2 source records, 9 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Center for Atmospheric Research | 7260bb4b-4899-4468-8a0b-b8c8f654e0eb | 13 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Geoscience Data Exchange at NSF NCAR | oai:edu.ucar.gdex:d565000 | 89 min ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · gdex ucar edu | connector:gdex_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · gdex ucar edu | connector:gdex_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | /notes |
| publication_date | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | /title |
| updated_date | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 |