tsgettoolbox.tsgettoolbox.ncei_gsom

tsgettoolbox.tsgettoolbox.ncei_gsom(stationid, start_date=None, end_date=None)

global:station::M:NCEI Global Summary of Month (GSOM)

National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Global Summary of the MONTH (GSOM) https://gis.ncdc.noaa.gov/all-records/catalog/search/resource/details.page Cite this dataset when used as a source: Lawrimore, Jay (2016). Global Summary of the Month, Version 1.0. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. DOI:10.7289/V5QV3JJ5

National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Global Summary of the YEAR (GSOY) https://gis.ncdc.noaa.gov/all-records/catalog/search/resource/details.page?id=gov.noaa.ncei:C00947 Cite this dataset when used as a source: Lawrimore, Jay (2016). Global Summary of the Year, Version 1.0. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information

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NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NCEI makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NCEI can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCEI archives.

The global summaries data set contains a monthly (GSOM) resolution of meteorological elements (max temp, snow, etc) from 1763 to present with updates weekly. The major parameters are: monthly mean maximum, mean minimum and mean temperatures; monthly total precipitation and snowfall; departure from normal of the mean temperature and total precipitation; monthly heating and cooling degree days; number of days that temperatures and precipitation are above or below certain thresholds; and extreme daily temperature and precipitation amounts. The primary source data set source is the Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN)-Daily Data set. The global summaries data set also contains a yearly (GSOY) resolution of meteorological elements. See associated resources for more information. This data is not to be confused with “GHCN-Monthly”, “Annual Summaries” or “ncei Summary of the Month”. There are unique elements that are produced globally within the GSOM and GSOY data files. There are also bias corrected temperature data in GHCN-Monthly, which will not be available in GSOM and GSOY. The GSOM and GSOY data set is going to replace the legacy DSI-3220 and expand to include non-U.S. (a.k.a. global) stations. DSI-3220 only included National Weather Service (NWS) COOP Published, or “Published in CD”, sites. For every datatype and record there is a set of meta-data flags.

For the GHCNDMS dataset the flags are:

'Total Missing','Consecutive Missing'

Total Missing:

Defined as total number of days observation/element is missing in that month. This can be taken as a measure of quality or completeness as the higher the number of days sampled in the month, the more representative the value is for the entire month.

Consecutive Missing:

Defined as the maximum number of consecutive days in the month that an observation/element is missing.

Parameters:

  • stationid – The station id. from the first column of https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/ghcn/daily/ghcnd-stations.txt

  • start_date (str) –

    [optional, defaults to first date in time-series, input filter]

    The start_date of the series in ISOdatetime format, or ‘None’ for beginning.

  • end_date (str) –

    [optional, defaults to last date in time-series, input filter]

    The end_date of the series in ISOdatetime format, or ‘None’ for end.