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These datasets are from the weather stations at the Mohonk Preserve. The Mohonk Preserve is one of 14 sites recording data in the Hudson Valley as part of the Environmental Monitoring and Management Alliance (EMMA). Composed of more than 40,000 days of weather observations, these records comprise the collection of the Preserve’s Mohonk Lake Cooperative Weather Station, established in 1896 by the U.S. Weather Bureau (now the National Weather Service). Weather readings at Mohonk began in the mid-1880s, taken by the Smiley family, founders of the neighboring Mohonk Mountain House, and are now continued by Preserve research staff. Beginning in the late 1970s, data collection expanded to include regular monitoring the pH of precipitation, lakes, and streams.

• Label: Sequence

• Description: Day number since the beginning of data collection

• Storage Type: int

• Measurment Type: ordinal
• String Format: D-M-YY
• Unit: day
• Number Type: -1

• Label: Observation Date

• Description: Observation Date

• Storage Type: date

• Measurment Type: datetime
• String Format: M/D/YYYY
• Unit: day
• Number Type: -1

• Label: Date of data creation

• Description: Date of data creation

• Storage Type: date

• Measurment Type: datetime
• String Format: M/D/YYYY
• Unit: day
• Number Type: -1

• Label: Modification Date

• Description: The date the data was modified, if applicable

• Storage Type: date

• Measurment Type: datetime
• String Format: M/D/YYYY
• Unit: day
• Number Type: -1

• Label: Maximum daily temperature

• Description: Maximum temperatrure recorded within the 24 hour obervation period

• Storage Type: int

• Measurment Type: interval
• Precision: 1
• String Format: D-M-YY
• Unit: fahrenheit
• Number Type: -1

• Label: Minimum daily temperature

• Description: Minimum temperatrure recorded within the 24 hour obervation period

• Storage Type: int

• Measurment Type: interval
• Precision: 1
• String Format: D-M-YY
• Unit: fahrenheit
• Number Type: integer

• Label: Temperature at time of observation

• Description: Temperature recorded at the time of observation

• Storage Type: int

• Measurment Type: interval
• Precision: 1
• String Format: D-M-YY
• Unit: fahrenheit
• Number Type: integer

• Label: Precipitation in the last 24 hours (liquid)

• Description: Amount of precipitation including rain, melted snow, etc. wihtin the 24 hour observation period

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Precision: 0.01
• Unit: inch
• Number Type: rational

• Label: Precipitation in the last 24 hours (solid)

• Description: Amount of precipitation including snow, ice, pellets, and hail wihtin the 24 hour observation period

• Storage Type: decimal

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Precision: 0.1
• String Format: D-M-YY
• Unit: inch
• Number Type: rational

• Label: Snow depth at the time of observation

• Description: Snow depth (including snow, ice pellets, hail, and ice on the ground) at the time of observation

• Storage Type: int

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Precision: 1
• String Format: D-M-YY
• Unit: inch
• Number Type: whole

• Label: Lake Ice Extent

• Description: Percent of lake covered by ice

• Storage Type: -1

• Measurment Type: ratio
• Precision: 1
• String Format: D-M-YY
• Unit: percent
• Number Type: whole
• Bounds:
• Minimum: 0
• Maximum: 100

• Label: Fog

• Description: Presence/ absence of fog on the day of observation

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Misting

• Description: Whether or not misting occurred on the day of observation

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Glaze

• Description: Whether or not glaze was present on the day of observation

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Solar Halo

• Description: Whether or not a solar halo was present on the day of observation

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal

• Label: Lunar Halo

• Description: Whether or not a lunar halo was present on the day of observation

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal
• Unit:

• Label: Thunder

• Description: Whether or not thunder was present on the day of observation

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal
• Unit:

• Label: Hail

• Description: Whether or not hail was present on the day of observation

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal
• Unit:

• Label: Haze

• Description: Whether or not haze was present on the day of observation

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal
• Unit:

• Label: Frost

• Description: Whether or not frost was present on the day of observation

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal
• String Format: D-M-YY
• Unit:
• Number Type: -1

• Label: Damaging Winds

• Description: Whether or not damaging winds were present on the day of observation

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal
• String Format: D-M-YY
• Unit:
• Number Type: -1

• Label: Notes

• Description: Notes

• Storage Type: text

• Measurment Type: nominal
• String Format: D-M-YY
• Unit:
• Number Type: -1

• Mohonk COOP Meteorological Data
  • Started: 1896-01-01
    
  • Method Description: This station is a National Weather Service (NWS) Cooperative Observing (COOP) Station. As defined by the NWS this COOP station, under the direction of the NWS, is a station at which weather observations are taken by trained, private citizen volunteers and Mohonk Preserve program staff. Services rendered consist of taking instrumental and visual observations, recording data and transmitting reports.

• Temperature
• Started: 1948-05-01
  
• Sampling Description: NWS-Type liquid-in-glass maximum and minimum thermometers
• Frequency: DAILY

• Precipitation
• Started: 1991-01-01
  
• Sampling Description: NWS-Type Rain and Snow Gauge
• Frequency: DAILY

• Precipitation
• Started: 2012-07-17
  
• Sampling Description: Fischer-Porter Rebuild (Sutron)
• Frequency: HOURLY

• Snow
• Started: 2012-07-17
  
• Sampling Description: Snowboard
• Frequency: DAILY

• Snow
• Started: 2012-07-17
  
• Sampling Description: Snow Measuring Stick
• Frequency: DAILY

• Started: 1948-05-01
  Ended: 1991-01-01
• Sampling Description: Unknown
• Frequency: DAILY

• Started: 2010-01-01
  Ended: 2012-07-17
• Sampling Description: Snow Measuring Stick
• Frequency: DAILY