COOP-STATIONS.TXT The report is a fixed-length summary listing of current U.S. NWS Cooperative network stations, including identifiers, flags for whether they participate in the Cooperative Observation/Summary of Day (COOP/SOD) or Hourly Precipitation (HPD) programs, and the latest known location information. The included identifiers are the NCDC ID number, COOP ID number, NWS Location identifier, and GHCN-Daily ID. The location information includes latitude, longitude, elevation, and UTC offset. The file is sorted by COOP ID. FIELD LENGTH FORMAT POSITION DESCRIPTION ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NCDCSTN_ID 8 99999999 001-008 Unique identifier used by NCEI. COOP_ID 6 999999 010-015 Assigned by NCEI, first 2 digits represent state,last 4 digits are assigned numerically by alphabetical ordering of the station name. NWSLI_ID 8 X(8) 017-024 Alpha-numeric, location identifier assigned by the National Weather Service for use in real-time data transmissions and forecasts. GHCND_ID 15 X(15) 026-040 Populated if station is included in GHCN-Daily product. NAME_COOP_SHORT 30 X(30) 042-071 Abbreviated Coop station name, limited to 30 characters, used by the NCEI Climatological Data and Hourly Precipitation Data publications. FIPS_COUNTRY_NAME 20 X(20) 073-092 FIPS country name. STATE_PROV 2 X(2) 094-095 USPS two character alphabetic abbreviation for each state, uppercase. COUNTY 50 X(50) 097-146 Name of county, upper case. NWS_CLIM_DIV 2 X(2) 148-149 Usually contains a number between 01 and 10 indicating climate division as determined by master divisional reference maps. Assigned by NCEI. NWS_CLIM_DIV_NAME 40 X(40) 151-190 Climate division name. LAT_DEC 15 X(15) 192-206 Decimal latitude, blank indicates North and "-" indicates South. LON_DEC 15 X(15) 208-222 Decimal longitude, blank indicates East and "-" indicates West. LAT_LON_PRECISION 10 X(10) 224-233 Indicates precision of source lat and lon, see Reference Table below. ELEV_GROUND 8 X(8) 235-242 Ground elevation. ELEV_GROUND_UNIT 6 X(6) 244-249 Ground elevation unit (should always be FEET). UTC_OFFSET 3 X(3) 251-253 Time zone, UTC offset. NWS_REGION 10 X(10) 255-264 NWS region (ALASKAN, CENTRAL, EASTERN, PACIFIC, SOUTHERN, WESTERN). NWS_WFO 3 X(3) 266-268 NWS weather forecast office. COOP_SOD 1 X 270-270 Y if participates in NWS Cooperative Observation network (also known as COOP or Summary of Day), NULL if not. COOP_HPD 1 X 272-272 Y if participates in NWS Cooperative Hourly Precipitation Data network, NULL if not. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAT_LON_PRECISION CODES DD Whole Degrees DDMM Degrees, Whole Minutes DDMMSS Degrees, Whole Minutes, Whole Seconds DDd Decimal Degrees, to Tenths DDdd Decimal Degrees, to Hundredths DDddd Decimal Degrees, to Thousandths DDdddd Decimal Degrees, to Ten Thousandths DDddddd Decimal Degrees, to Hundred Thousandths DDMMm Degrees, Decimal Minutes to Tenths DDMMmm Degrees, Decimal Minutes to Hundredths DDMMmmm Degrees, Decimal Minutes to Thousandths DDMMSSs Degrees, Minutes, Decimal Seconds to Tenths DDMMSSss Degrees, Minutes, Decimal Seconds to Hundredths DDMMSSss Degrees, Minutes, Decimal Seconds to Hundredths