The format of each record in the USHCN Daily station inventory file (ushcn-stations.txt) is as follows. Variable Columns Type COOP ID 1-6 Character LATITUDE 8-15 Real LONGITUDE 17-25 Real ELEVATION 27-32 Real STATE 34-35 Character NAME 37-66 Character COMPONENT 1 68-73 Character COMPONENT 2 75-80 Character COMPONENT 3 82-87 Character UTC OFFSET 89-90 Integer These variables have the following definitions: COOP ID is the U.S. Cooperative Observer Network station identification code. Note that the first two digits in the Coop ID correspond to the assigned state number (see table below). LATITUDE is latitude of the station (in decimal degrees). LONGITUDE is the longitude of the station (in decimal degrees). ELEVATION is the elevation of the station (in meters, missing = -999.9). STATE is the U.S. postal code for the state. NAME is the name of the station location. COMPONENT 1 is the Coop Id for the first station (in chronologic order) whose records were joined with those of the HCN site to form a longer time series. "------" indicates "not applicable". COMPONENT 2 is the Coop Id for the second station (if applicable) whose records were joined with those of the HCN site to form a longer time series. COMPONENT 3 is the Coop Id for the third station (if applicable) whose records were joined with those of the HCN site to form a longer time series. UTC OFFSET is the time difference between Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and local standard time at the station (i.e., the number of hours that must be added to local standard time to match UTC). State State State Number Code 01 AL Alabama 02 AZ Arizona 03 AR Arkansas 04 CA California 05 CO Colorado 06 CT Connecticut 07 DE Delaware 08 FL Florida 09 GA Georgia 10 ID Idaho 11 IL Idaho 12 IN Indiana 13 IA Iowa 14 KS Kansas 15 KY Kentucky 16 LA Louisiana 17 ME Maine 18 MD Maryland 19 MA Massachusetts 20 MI Michigan 21 MN Minnesota 22 MS Mississippi 23 MO Missouri 24 MT Montana 25 NE Nebraska 26 NV Nevada 27 NH New Hampshire 28 NJ New Jersey 29 NM New Mexico 30 NY New York 31 NC North Carolina 32 ND North Dakota 33 OH Ohio 34 OK Oklahoma 35 OR Oregon 36 PA Pennsylvania 37 RI Rhode Island 38 SC South Carolina 39 SD South Dakota 40 TN Tennessee 41 TX Texas 42 UT Utah 43 VT Vermont 44 VA Virginia 45 WA Washington 46 WV West Virginia 47 WI Wisconsin 48 WY Wyoming