IEM Climodat Reports http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/climodat
README for monthly 'Kitchen Sink' reports

Data Source:

   - Daily observations from the National Weather Service Cooperative
     Observer (COOP) network in Iowa dating back to 1951.

Data File(s):

   - One per year with the nomenclature of <year>_monthly.csv

Data Format:

   - Comma delimited.  Should directly import into most any spreadsheet
     or stats package.   The latitude and longitude columns should also 
     make this file an easy import into GIS as an event theme.

Data Units:
   - Rainfall is in inches
   - Temperatures are in Fahrenhit

Data Fields:

   stationID   => Identification for a site
   stationName => Traditional name for the site
   Latitude    => Current latitude of the site
   Longitude   => Current longitude of the site
   
   (Now for each month of the year [01 -> 12], there are 10 columns.)

   ##_MINT  -> Average minimum temperature for month ## of year ????
   C##_MINT -> Climatological average minimum temperature for month ##
   ##_MAXT  -> Average maximum temperature for month ## of year ???? 
   C##_MAXT -> Climatological average maximum temperature for month ##
   ##_PREC  -> Total precipitation for month ## of year ????
   C##_PREC -> Climatological average precipitation for month ##
   ##_GDD50  -> Total Growing Degree Days for month ## of year ????
   C##_GDD50 -> Climatological Growing Degree Days for month ##
   ##_SDD86  -> Total Stress Degree Days for month ## of year ????
   C##_SDD86 -> Climatological Stress Degree Days for month ##

   (Then the 6 columns are yearly summaries)

   ????_MINT -> Average minimum temperature for year ????
   CYR_MINT  -> Climatological average minimum temperature
   ????_MAXT -> Average maximum temperature for year ????
   CYR_MAXT  -> Climatological average maximum temperature
   ????_PREC -> Total precipitation for year ????
   CYR_PREC  -> Climatological average yearly precipitation 


Data Contact:

   Daryl Herzmann 515.294.5978  akrherz@iastate.edu