WPA Precipitation Tabulations

Hourly precipitation data tabulated under the Work Projects Administration (WPA), a New Deal program created to reduce unemployment during the Great Depression. Forms capture extreme precipitation over periods ranging from five minutes to twenty-four hours. Scans captured from the microfilm collection at the National Climatic Data Center.

Data and Resources

Field Value
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identifier gov.noaa.ncdc:C01081
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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temporal 1834-09-03T00:00:00/1950-09-03T00:00:00
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
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  • continent-north-america-united-states-of-america
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  • earth-science-atmosphere-precipitation-precipitation-anomalies
  • earth-science-atmosphere-precipitation-precipitation-rate
  • geo
  • geoss
  • meteorological-stations
  • national
  • nesdis
  • noaa
  • north-america
  • rain-gauges
  • u-s-department-of-commerce
  • united-states
  • vertical-location-land-surface
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license_title License not specified
maintainer Jay Lawrimore
maintainer_email ncdc.orders@noaa.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-22T20:23:37.965020
metadata_modified 2025-11-22T20:23:37.965024
notes Hourly precipitation data tabulated under the Work Projects Administration (WPA), a New Deal program created to reduce unemployment during the Great Depression. Forms capture extreme precipitation over periods ranging from five minutes to twenty-four hours. Scans captured from the microfilm collection at the National Climatic Data Center.
num_resources 4
num_tags 20
title WPA Precipitation Tabulations