Status of the Hourly Precipitation Data (HPD) Network
(Additional information on HPD is available in the readme.txt file.)


3/1/17: Release of Version 1.0 Beta
Beta release of NCEI’s Hourly Precipitation Dataset (HPD),
known historically as DSI-3240 (NCDC 2003). The new dataset
combines the legacy data from DSI-3240 with a new source of data
collected from the same Fischer-Porter gauges, but which were
upgraded to digital recording beginning in the mid-2000s.
As with the legacy 3240 dataset, this new dataset provides
observations of hourly precipitation amounts from 1948 to the present.
Details are provided in the Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document
(HPD-Auto-v1-ATBD-20170201.pdf) available on this ftp site.

The 3/1/17 beta release includes the following Datzilla corrections:

  Station ID   Location Name                  State  Period Affected      Datzilla Ticket No.
  USC00010140  ALBERTA                        AL  2016061800-2016102723   6963
  USC00513576  KAUPO RANCH 259                HI  2012050800-2012060323   3597
  USC00474894  LUCK                           WI  2012081600-2012112023   3908
  USC00315814  MOORESVILLE 2 WNW              NC  2014031400-2014042123   5106
  USC00315814  MOORESVILLE 2 WNW              NC  2015030100-2015080523   5106


The 5/2/17 beta update includes more recent data through Jan 31 2017
and the following Datzilla corrections:

  Station ID   Location Name                  State  Period Affected      Datzilla Ticket No.
  USC00146374  PHILLIPSBURG                   KS  2016110300-2016123023   7193
  USC00010140  ALBERTA                        AL  2016061800-2016102723   6963
  USC00513576  KAUPO RANCH 259                HI  2012050800-2012060323   3597
  USC00474894  LUCK                           WI  2012081600-2012112023   3908
  USC00014193  JACKSON                        AL  2012080121-2012091023   3748
  USC00315814  MOORESVILLE 2 WNW              NC  2014031400-2014042123   5106
  USC00315814  MOORESVILLE 2 WNW              NC  2015030100-2015080523   5106
  USC00425186  LOGAN UTAH ST U                UT  2017010508-2017011012   7282
  USC00229648  WIGGINS RANGER STA             MS  2012090400-2012101223   4290
  USC00012172  DAUPHIN ISLAND #2              AL  2013030111-2013040214   4295
  USC00012172  DAUPHIN ISLAND #2              AL  2016040117-2016040616   4295
  USC00012172  DAUPHIN ISLAND #2              AL  2016101016-2016102110   4295
  USC00263512  HAWTHORNE                      NV  2012120200-2013033123   4316
  USC00010140  ALBERTA                        AL  2016061700-2016061823   6931
  USC00314764  LAKE LURE 2                    NC  2015122512-2015123010   6601
  USC00514459  KIHALANI  132.5                HI  2013123003-2014010113   4927