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NOAA/ATDD is the official cooperative
climatological data site for Oak Ridge, TN. If
you wish to view information and data collected at this data site
BEFORE July 2001,
click here.
This overview will only discuss the data collected beginning August
2001 to present.
NOAA/ATDD currently records and distributes
each month:
- daily maximum, minimum, and average temperature in °F and
°C
- daily maximum, minimum, 0700 EST and 1300 EST relative humidity
- daily snow depth at 0700 EST and 1300 EST
- hourly and daily totals of precipitation (liquid and snow) in
millimeters and inches
- daily average barometric pressure in millibars and inches
Distribution of the recorded meteorological
data for this site are available via this website. The following
describe what are available via the links. The data is also available
via anonymous FTP here. The files beginning "coop"
are the general climatology data, the files beginning "prin"
are the precipitation in inches data, and the files beginning
"prmm" are the precipitation in millimeters data. The
next 2 numbers in the file names are the month number, and the
next 2 numbers are the last 2 digits in the year. All data on
the FTP site are usually updated by the 10th of the following
month.
General
Climatology in TEXT - This is a ASCII text file (times in EST) of the last full month's
table containing averages of all of the data collected, including
units.
Hourly
Precipitation in TEXT (inches) - This is an ASCII text file
of
the last full month's table containing hourly precipitation rates
by days of the month, and totals by days (times in EST).
Hourly
Precipitation in TEXT (millimeters) - This is an ASCII text
file
of the last full month's table containing hourly precipitation
rates by days of the month, and totals by days (times in EST).
These data have been checked, but errors may still exist. Therefore,
these data are not official since none of the data have been subjected
to NCDC quality assurance procedures. An official data report
can be obtained by contacting NCDC.
Contact Information:
Lynne Satterfield
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division
PO Box 2456
456 South Illinois Avenue
Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-2456
Phone (865) 576-2341
Email Lynne.Satterfield@noaa.gov
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