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Precipitation Data with NCEI Tutorial

This notebook has been developed to access point-based (by weather station) precipation data in the Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCND) dataset available by API in NCEI's Climate Data Online (CDO).

You will first need to obtain a token which can be requested here: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/token (response is quick, if not immediate)

Files Included

  • Precipitation_with_NCEI_Tutorial.ipynb: The main Jupyter Notebook tutorial.

Prerequisites

This project assumes that you have pandas and matplotlib installed in your Python environment.

You will first need to obtain a token which can be requested here: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/token (response is quick, if not immediate)

How to Use

  1. Obtain API Token: From here: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/token
  2. Run the Notebook: Open Precipitation_with_NCEI_Tutorial.ipynb in Jupyter Notebook and follow along with the tutorial.

License

The standard MIT license is assumed for this notebook.