tsgettoolbox.tsgettoolbox.ncei_normal_hly

tsgettoolbox.tsgettoolbox.ncei_normal_hly(stationid)

global:station::H:NCEI Normal hourly

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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.

The following table lists the datatypes available for the annual dataset. Not all datatypes are available for all stations.

Code	Description
HLY-CLDH-NORMAL	Cooling degree hours
HLY-CLOD-PCTBKN	Clouds broken percentage
HLY-CLOD-PCTCLR	Clouds clear percentage
HLY-CLOD-PCTFEW	Clouds few percentage
HLY-CLOD-PCTOVC	Clouds overcast percentage
HLY-CLOD-PCTSCT	Clouds scattered percentage
HLY-DEWP-10PCTL	Dew point 10th percentile
HLY-DEWP-90PCTL	Dew point 90th percentile
HLY-DEWP-NORMAL	Dew point mean
HLY-HIDX-NORMAL	Heat index mean
HLY-HTDH-NORMAL	Heating degree hours
HLY-PRES-10PCTL	Sea level pressure 10th percentile
HLY-PRES-90PCTL	Sea level pressure 90th percentile
HLY-PRES-NORMAL	Sea level pressure mean
HLY-TEMP-10PCTL	Temperature 10th percentile
HLY-TEMP-90PCTL	Temperature 90th percentile
HLY-TEMP-NORMAL	Temperature mean
HLY-WCHL-NORMAL	Wind chill mean
HLY-WIND-1STDIR	Prevailing wind direction (1-8)
HLY-WIND-1STPCT	Prevailing wind percentage
HLY-WIND-2NDDIR	Secondary wind direction (1-8)
HLY-WIND-2NDPCT	Secondary wind percentage
HLY-WIND-AVGSPD	Average wind speed
HLY-WIND-PCTCLM	Percentage calm
HLY-WIND-VCTDIR	Mean wind vector direction
HLY-WIND-VCTSPD	Mean wind vector magnitude

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.