The following types of analyses are available:
The output can be displayed as either an html table or saved to a tab-, space-, or comma-delimited file. HTML tables are useful when the data are to be viewed online or printed. Delimited files can be downloaded and opened with Microsoft Excel or other popular spreadsheet and word-processing applications.
The user can also choose how missing values will be displayed in the table when there are no data available for a particular month. Several choices are available.
Pressing the "More Options" button will present two additional groups of options. These additional options give the user more flexibility over what is displayed in the product. If "More Options" is not selected, appropriate defaults are set by the program. The starting and ending month for each seasonal summary can be specified. By default, these are set to July and June, respectively, for cold season variables and January and December, respectively, for all others. If the user would like to restrict the output to the months of June through August, for example, values of 6 and 8 would be entered for these selections. The user can also specify the number of allowable missing days in a month (i.e. number of days that can be missing up to which a monthly statistic will still be computed before the entire month is marked as missing).
The second group of additional options presented by the "More Options" button is the selection of summary statistics. These are the summaries that appear below the monthly values in the product. The available choices are maximum value, minimum value, mean, median, standard deviation, skewness, number of years, and 1971-2000 normal. If normals are selected and an official normal is not available for the specified station-variable, the routine attempts to compute a thirty-year average based on the years 1971-2000. The output is marked appropriately, if this is done.
The output consists of two parts: the header and the table. The first portion of the header section is the CLIMOD standard header. The next portion of the header provides the element of interest (snowfall, maximum temperature, etc.), the units of measurement, and type of analysis performed (sum, average, etc.). The maximum allowable number of missing days is listed. This will be explained in more detail later.
The flags and notes sections following the table include important information that should be understood when using the product.
The table consists of a row of data for each year. The columns contain all the monthly values, as well as, an annual or seasonal value (average, sum, etc. as appropriate). If any of the daily values in a month are missing, a flag (letter) is appended to the monthly value. The flag is an "a" if one day was missing, "b" if two days were missing and so on until "z" indicates 26 or more days missing (this is explained in the "Flags" section of the footer). If more than the maximum allowable number of days in the month are missing, the value is replaced with the missing value identifier selected by the user and the flag appropriate for the number of missing days is appended.
The annual value is a summary of the twelve monthly values for the year. If a month has more than the maximum allowable number of missing days (listed in the header), it is not included in the annual value and is considered missing. Flags appended to annual values indicate the number of missing months in the year for averages and sums or number of missing days for extremes.
Following the body of the table are a few lines of summary statistics. These statistics are based on all non-missing monthly values (as described in the preceding paragraph) in the column. The "# yrs" row presents the number of (non-missing) monthly values that were included in these summary statistics.
| Station: SAN JUAN L M MARIN INTL AP | State: PR | ID: 668812 | |
| Latitude: 18.44 | Longitude: -66.00 | Elevation: 9 feet | |
| Station period of record: 1/1/1956-7/31/2000 | |||
| CLIMOD Product: Monthly Time Series | Creation Time: 10/13/2000 14:42 EDT | ||
| Element: Precip | Units: inch | Analysis: Sum | |
| Max allowable missing days: 3 | |||
| Lowest Acceptable Quality of Data: Raw data | |||
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| Year(s) | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | 3.48 | 6.44 | 4.83 | 4.54 | 9.66 | 9.30 | 3.51 | 6.78 | 5.74 | 7.97 | 3.18 | 4.18 | 69.61 |
| 1957 | 3.78 | 1.29 | 1.51 | 1.14 | 2.25 | 6.51 | 7.16 | 7.68 | 4.53 | 6.40 | 4.13 | 6.63 | 53.01 |
| 1958 | 4.39 | 1.51 | 5.41 | 2.98 | 13.59 | 9.32 | 7.39 | 6.65 | 5.52 | 7.67 | 4.57 | 5.04 | 74.04 |
| 1959 | 5.79 | 1.61 | 1.34 | 6.18 | 7.01 | 3.02 | 2.80 | 4.67 | 4.29 | 6.59 | 4.85 | 3.50 | 51.65 |
| 1960 | 0.94 | 3.33 | 2.40 | 5.76 | 7.09 | 5.84 | 5.02 | 8.49 | 8.34 | 4.63 | 4.56 | 8.01 | 64.41 |
| 1961 | 3.51 | 1.31 | 2.64 | 2.82 | 1.77 | 5.26 | 9.35 | 5.19 | 1.93 | 8.47 | 9.26 | 10.00 | 61.51 |
| 1962 | 4.24 | 2.67 | 0.97 | 3.70 | 7.53 | 6.70 | 6.46 | 6.98 | 4.85 | 2.75 | 3.84 | 4.11 | 54.80 |
| 1963 | 3.13 | 1.39 | 4.68 | 5.21 | 6.85 | 2.74 | 5.02 | 3.43 | 10.85 | 1.63 | 3.00 | 0.68 | 48.61 |
| 1964 | 2.02 | 1.70 | 1.27 | 6.38 | 3.96 | 4.50 | -999z | 6.71 | 5.10 | 3.13 | 3.39 | 2.35 | 40.51a |
| 1965 | 2.62 | 0.79 | 0.86 | 2.19 | 14.99 | 10.96 | 5.88 | 8.66 | 4.80 | 5.08 | 3.93 | 5.05 | 65.81 |
| 1966 | 1.34 | 1.64 | 4.63 | 5.62 | 5.69 | 3.26 | 4.21 | 3.41 | 7.20 | 8.99 | 7.99 | 6.21 | 60.19 |
| 1967 | 3.07 | 2.93 | 1.46 | 0.85 | 4.15 | 3.38 | 4.79 | 4.20 | 5.12 | 4.47 | 5.00 | 3.13 | 42.55 |
| 1968 | 2.15 | 1.60 | 1.79 | 0.50 | 6.31 | 5.98 | 5.25 | 7.36 | 5.26 | 2.33 | 11.11 | 3.56 | 53.20 |
| 1969 | 7.49 | 3.97 | 2.89 | 2.42 | 5.79 | 4.04 | 7.49 | 6.89 | 4.86 | 6.99 | 6.70 | 2.28 | 61.81 |
| 1970 | 2.94 | 1.33 | 0.72 | 1.15 | 7.98 | 9.26 | 3.58 | 4.66 | 5.66 | 15.06 | 8.00 | 5.98 | 66.32 |
| 1971 | 2.18 | 3.67 | 1.78 | 2.93 | 3.87 | 1.24 | 1.69 | 5.18 | 2.19 | 4.61 | 2.31 | 3.93 | 35.58 |
| 1972 | 2.76 | 2.00 | 3.40 | 2.79 | 0.44 | 1.58 | 2.24 | 3.06 | 3.68 | 5.46 | 2.78 | 7.53 | 37.72 |
| 1973 | 2.27 | 0.92 | 4.66 | 8.48 | 0.48 | 4.71 | 2.44 | 7.00 | 3.13 | 3.29 | 3.01 | 4.16 | 44.55 |
| 1974 | 2.92 | 0.82 | 1.92 | 1.20 | 2.42 | 2.34 | 1.12 | 6.57 | 3.67 | 8.23 | 6.55 | 3.92 | 41.68 |
| 1975 | 2.69 | 0.71 | 1.13 | 1.01 | 1.04 | 2.64 | 3.35 | 4.08 | 9.29 | 6.60 | 10.90 | 7.82 | 51.26 |
| 1976 | 1.50 | 2.18 | 2.05 | 3.94 | 2.96 | 2.96 | 2.48 | 5.12 | 11.44 | 7.69 | 2.77 | 2.11 | 47.20 |
| 1977 | 7.60 | 1.02 | 1.73 | 0.96 | 4.04 | 1.49 | 4.64 | 4.42 | 4.71 | 5.94 | 12.44 | 3.82 | 52.81 |
| 1978 | 0.61 | 1.56 | 3.52 | 8.27 | 7.14 | 2.86 | 3.46 | 3.21 | 6.34 | 4.88 | 5.40 | 2.61 | 49.86 |
| 1979 | 1.29 | 1.80 | 2.25 | 4.28 | 12.13 | 5.76 | 6.61 | 9.38 | 10.11 | 1.17 | 15.96 | 3.81 | 74.55 |
| 1980 | 1.75 | 1.67 | 1.47 | 2.55 | 5.19 | 1.31 | 2.19 | 3.17 | 4.85 | 6.71 | 1.91 | 3.18 | 35.95 |
| 1981 | 2.55 | 2.72 | 4.39 | 2.89 | 11.02 | 5.48 | 7.04 | 3.32 | 2.98 | 9.32 | 4.94 | 16.81 | 73.46 |
| 1982 | 2.53 | 6.69 | 0.98 | 1.01 | 10.26 | 5.24 | 2.33 | 1.93 | 2.87 | 2.06 | 4.34 | 4.76 | 45.00 |
| 1983 | 0.69 | 0.20 | 1.47 | 8.54 | 3.85 | 1.91 | 6.53 | 5.15 | 2.75 | 4.06 | 3.25 | 3.50 | 41.90 |
| 1984 | 1.96 | 3.13 | 0.82 | 0.28 | 3.75 | 6.85 | 2.66 | 6.04 | 3.16 | 5.10 | 5.65 | 4.69 | 44.09 |
| 1985 | 2.80 | 2.40 | 1.84 | 1.02 | 5.95 | 0.29 | 2.85 | 4.33 | 5.44 | 11.10 | 4.54 | 2.80 | 45.36 |
| 1986 | 2.18 | 1.13 | 1.61 | 8.93 | 12.80 | 1.52 | 1.94 | 5.19 | 1.98 | 8.54 | 5.87 | 3.59 | 55.28 |
| 1987 | 2.16 | 1.20 | 5.17 | 8.88 | 12.17 | 7.07 | 3.26 | 2.48 | 1.73 | 2.70 | 7.49 | 7.69 | 62.00 |
| 1988 | 3.83 | 2.27 | 1.76 | 10.37 | 6.06 | 1.45 | 4.02 | 11.31 | 5.49 | 4.12 | 5.68 | 4.07 | 60.43 |
| 1989 | 2.96 | 6.05 | 3.39 | 2.63 | 4.88 | 2.97 | 5.54 | 7.88 | 14.83 | 2.09 | 4.95 | 2.50 | 60.67 |
| 1990 | 4.56 | 3.02 | 3.14 | 1.05 | 2.44 | 4.32 | 5.76 | 3.42 | 2.23 | 8.65 | 5.33 | 5.03 | 48.95 |
| 1991 | 2.57 | 2.26 | 1.99 | 1.76 | 3.23 | 2.77 | 3.30 | 1.94 | 5.00 | 1.84 | 6.16 | 2.71 | 35.53 |
| 1992 | 4.03 | 1.19 | 1.47 | 2.12 | 8.76 | 5.55 | 4.38 | 4.00 | 5.35 | 1.74 | 11.98 | 4.72 | 55.29 |
| 1993 | 2.35 | 0.51 | 0.78 | 6.55 | 4.48 | 5.46 | 7.34 | 3.01 | 4.36 | 2.78 | 4.34 | 3.00 | 44.96 |
| 1994 | 3.39 | 1.69 | 1.38 | 2.75 | 1.69 | 4.49 | 3.58 | 1.83 | 5.30 | 3.52 | 8.32 | 3.04 | 40.98 |
| 1995 | 3.69 | 3.57 | 1.29 | 2.98 | 9.47 | 4.66 | 4.93 | 5.15 | 7.17 | 6.11 | 3.09 | 3.84 | 55.95 |
| 1996 | 5.74 | 2.44 | 2.06 | 5.04 | 2.39 | 6.02 | 7.64 | 6.94 | 15.15 | 2.55 | 7.98 | 3.29 | 67.24 |
| 1997 | 4.01 | 4.58 | 1.83 | 0.08 | 3.38 | 0.98 | 4.75 | 6.86 | 3.56 | 2.98c | 6.82 | 1.02 | 40.85 |
| 1998 | 7.29 | 3.72 | 3.48 | 4.14 | 3.67 | 3.25 | 7.18 | 7.80 | 10.47 | 6.82 | 6.74 | 7.99 | 72.55 |
| 1999 | 3.24 | 2.74 | 0.75 | 2.53 | 3.99 | 5.53 | 5.81 | 7.34 | 5.82 | 7.38 | 9.84 | 6.15 | 61.12 |
| 2000 | 2.37 | 1.01 | 0.78 | 1.20 | 4.72 | 2.97 | 3.67 | -999z | -999z | -999z | -999z | -999z | -999e |
| Mean | 3.14 | 2.28 | 2.26 | 3.61 | 5.85 | 4.35 | 4.61 | 5.43 | 5.66 | 5.46 | 6.02 | 4.65 | 53.73 |
| Median | 2.80 | 1.70 | 1.79 | 2.82 | 4.88 | 4.32 | 4.51 | 5.17 | 5.05 | 5.09 | 5.17 | 3.93 | 53.01 |
| Max value | 7.60 | 6.69 | 5.41 | 10.37 | 14.99 | 10.96 | 9.35 | 11.31 | 15.15 | 15.06 | 15.96 | 16.81 | 74.55 |
| Min value | 0.61 | 0.20 | 0.72 | 0.08 | 0.44 | 0.29 | 1.12 | 1.83 | 1.73 | 1.17 | 1.91 | 0.68 | 35.53 |
| # years | 45 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 43 |
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| Flags: |
| a = 1, b = 2, c = 3, ..., or z = 26 or more missing days in a month or missing months in a year. |
| A = Accumulation over more that one day, S = Subsequent |
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| Notes: |
| Long-term means based on columns. Thus, the sum (or average) of the monthly values may not equal the annual value. |
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