Central American and Caribbean Observations

Weather and soil temperature observations from foreign countries, taken by foreign and American observers. Includes NOAA forms collected and archived at NCDC, and voluntary observer forms taken in Mexico, Central American and the Caribbean in the 19th century. Scanned from microfilm held at the National Archives. Scanned as part of the Climate Database Modernization Program.

Data and Resources

Field Value
accessLevel public
accrualPeriodicity irregular
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identifier gov.noaa.ncdc:C01089
language {en-US}
modified 2011-03-15
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programCode {006:059}
publisher DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce (Point of Contact)
resource-type Dataset
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spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-120.0, 5.0], [-55.0, 5.0], [-55.0, 32.0], [-120.0, 32.0], [-120.0, 5.0]]]}
temporal 1830-09-03T00:00:00/1989-09-03T00:00:00
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • anemometers
  • atmospheric-surface-air-temperature
  • atmospheric-surface-precipitation
  • atmospheric-surface-pressure
  • atmospheric-surface-wind-speed-and-direction
  • atmospheric-upper-air-cloud-properties
  • barometers
  • ckan
  • continent-north-america-central-america
  • doc-noaa-nesdis-ncdc-national-climatic-data-center
  • earth-science-atmosphere-atmospheric-pressure-anticyclones-cyclones
  • earth-science-atmosphere-atmospheric-pressure-pressure-anomalies
  • earth-science-atmosphere-atmospheric-temperature-air-temperature
  • earth-science-atmosphere-atmospheric-temperature-maximum-minimum-temperature
  • earth-science-atmosphere-atmospheric-temperature-surface-air-temperature
  • earth-science-atmosphere-atmospheric-temperature-temperature-anomalies
  • earth-science-atmosphere-atmospheric-winds-surface-winds
  • earth-science-atmosphere-precipitation-hail
  • earth-science-atmosphere-precipitation-precipitation-amount
  • earth-science-atmosphere-precipitation-precipitation-anomalies
  • earth-science-atmosphere-precipitation-precipitation-rate
  • earth-science-atmosphere-precipitation-rain
  • earth-science-atmosphere-precipitation-sleet
  • earth-science-atmosphere-precipitation-snow
  • geo
  • geoss
  • meteorological-stations
  • national
  • nesdis
  • noaa
  • north-america
  • ocean-atlantic-ocean-north-atlantic-ocean-caribbean-sea-caribbean
  • rain-gauges
  • thermometers
  • u-s-department-of-commerce
  • united-states
  • vertical-location-land-surface
  • visual-observations
isopen False
license_id notspecified
license_title License not specified
maintainer Jason Cooper
maintainer_email ncdc.orders@noaa.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-20T11:56:51.243143
metadata_modified 2025-11-20T11:56:51.243146
notes Weather and soil temperature observations from foreign countries, taken by foreign and American observers. Includes NOAA forms collected and archived at NCDC, and voluntary observer forms taken in Mexico, Central American and the Caribbean in the 19th century. Scanned from microfilm held at the National Archives. Scanned as part of the Climate Database Modernization Program.
num_resources 4
num_tags 40
title Central American and Caribbean Observations