New England Historical Climate OldWeather Database ----------------------------------------------------------------------- World Data Center for Paleoclimatology, Boulder and NOAA Paleoclimatology Program ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: PLEASE CITE ORIGINAL REFERENCE WHEN USING THIS DATA!!!!! NAME OF DATA SET: New England Historical Climate OldWeather Database LAST UPDATE: 1/2014 (Original archiving by WDC Paleo) CONTRIBUTOR: Gregory A. Zielinski ORIGINAL REFERENCE: Historical Climatology of New England and New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey New England Historical Climatology, 1623 to early 1900s NE_HIST_CLIMATOLOGY ABSTRACT: GEOGRAPHIC REGION: Northeatern United States PERIOD OF RECORD: 1620-1899 AD DESCRIPTION: Diary and instrumental historical weather records from New England states (Northeastern United States). Data table and abbreviation keys exported from the Microsoft Access databse file oldweather.mdb created by Zielinski et al. in a project funded by the US National Science Foundation. Observed values are stored in the large (21MB) database export file data.txt. Codes used to classify data values and locations are as follows: Temperature Code Key: TID Temperture TempF 01 Any Any 02 Very Cold <= 0°F 03 Cold 1 - 15°F 04 Cool 16 - 32°F 05 Warm 33 - 50°F 06 Hot 51 - 89°F 07 Very Hot >= 90°F Precipitation Type Key: PPID Precipitation 01 Any 02 Rain 03 Snow 04 Sleet 05 Hail Precipitation Amount key: PIID PrecpIn 01 Any 02 0-0.24 03 0.25-0.49 04 0.50-0.74 05 0.75-0.99 06 1.00-1.49 07 1.50-1.99 08 >=2.00 Snowfall Amount key: SFID Inches 01 Any 02 <4.00 03 4.00-7.99 04 8.00-11.99 05 12.00-19.99 06 >=20.00 Like Values Code key: FieldName SourceValue LikeValue Precp 02 rain Precp 02 drizzle Precp 02 wet Precp 02 sprinkl Precp 03 snow Precp 03 blizzard Precp 04 sleet Precp 05 hail Sky 02 clear Sky 02 fair Sky 04 partly cloudy Sky 03 cloud Sky 05 mostly cloudy Temp 02 very cold Temp 03 cold Temp 04 cool Temp 05 warm Temp 06 hot Temp 07 very hot Pressure Code Key: PID Press 01 Any 02 <29.00 03 29.00-29.49 04 29.50-29.99 05 30.00-30.49 06 30.50-30.99 07 >=31.00 Sky Cover Key: SNID Sky_cover 01 Any 02 0.00-3.00 03 3.01-6.00 04 6.01-10.00 Sky Classification Key: SCID Sky 01 Any 02 Clear 03 Cloudy 04 Partly Cloudy 05 Mostly Cloudy Location Code Key: TWID Town Records Period STID TTID LEFT TOP CT02 New London 16368 1711-1801 CT D 273.00 163.00 CT03 Fairfield 82 1740-1819 CT D 81.00 217.00 CT04 Farmington 34 1789-1802 CT D 145.00 87.00 CT05 Promfret 165 1781 CT D 284.00 47.00 CT06 Stonington 344 1653-1685 CT D 306.00 154.00 CT07 Thompson 25 1761-1820 CT D 297.00 19.00 MA01 Boxford 46 1746-1767 MA D 257.00 39.00 MA02 E. Bridgewater 23160 1806-1869 MA D 271.00 127.00 MA03 Boston 13613 1634-1797 MA D 251.00 89.00 MA04 Beverly 507 1802-1818 MA D 274.00 52.00 MA05 Hingham 1124 1752-1764 MA D 273.00 97.00 MA06 Deerfield 452 1804-1805 MA D 91.00 70.00 MA07 Lynnfield 87 1770 MA D 253.00 55.00 MA08 Middleborough 5 1751-1755 MA D 278.00 144.00 MA09 Salem 1399 1629-1819 MA D 268.00 57.00 MA10 Marblehead 8 1780 MA D 275.00 61.00 MA11 Dorchester 4 1749-1750 MA D 257.00 104.00 MA12 Springfield 118 1758-1818 MA D 103.00 126.00 MA13 Worcester 279 1758-1819 MA D 178.00 98.00 MA14 Cambridge 462 1644-1815 MA D 249.00 80.00 MA15 Lynn 779 1631-1819 MA D 262.00 65.00 MA16 Concord 1402 1769-1795 MA D 221.00 69.00 MA17 Royalston 45 1770-1805 MA D 133.00 46.00 MA18 Plymouth 64 1620-1668 MA D 307.00 140.00 MA19 Weymouth 3286 1763-1794 MA D 269.00 100.00 MA20 Byfield 1167 1737-1740 MA D 264.00 24.00 MA21 Dedham 1452 1755-1760 MA D 246.00 100.00 MA22 Gloucester 328 1746-1812 MA D 293.00 42.00 MA23 Harwich 662 1804-1807 MA D 367.00 166.00 MA24 Leicester 309 1740-1742 MA D 169.00 106.00 MA25 Medfield 326 1744 MA D 232.00 108.00 MA26 Waltham/Sudbury 2198 1769-1799 MA D 227.00 82.00 MA27 Sudbury 216 1750 MA D 218.00 82.00 MA28 Hanover 10 1772 MA D 286.00 114.00 MA29 Charlestown 76 1688-1740 MA D 256.00 79.00 MA30 Taunton 2 1787-1815 MA D 259.00 147.00 MA31 Berkley 18 1784-1791 MA D 261.00 154.00 MA32 Waltham 365 1787 MA D 237.00 81.00 MA33 Haverhill 240 1757-1802 MA D 248.00 22.00 MA34 Roxbury 67 1727-1740 MA D 252.00 88.00 MA35 Ipswich 1 1758 MA D 275.00 32.00 MA36 Braintree 46 1697-1799 MA D 264.00 104.00 MA37 Brookfield 5 1758-1762 MA D 149.00 115.00 MA38 Brookline 332 1713 MA D 248.00 88.00 MA39 Chilmark 71 1716-1745 MA D 302.00 219.00 MA40 Danvers 37 1794-1806 MA D 264.00 51.00 MA41 Grafton 6 1761-1796 MA D 192.00 109.00 MA42 Lancaster 12 1791-1794 MA D 190.00 70.00 MA43 Malden 29 1772-1784 MA D 255.00 72.00 MA44 Nantucket 5 1779-1780 MA D 371.00 224.00 MA45 Newbury 154 1757-1790 MA D 268.00 21.00 MA46 Sandwich 55 1710-1816 MA D 324.00 167.00 MA47 Scituate 164 1774-1775 MA D 290.00 100.00 MA48 Shirley 26 1770-1776 MA D 192.00 57.00 MA49 Templeton 373 1779-1806 MA D 148.00 61.00 MA50 Wenham 50 1717-1719 MA D 271.00 45.00 MA51 Westborough 544 1724-1743 MA D 200.00 100.00 MA52 Marlborough 3 1723-1727 MA D 205.00 88.00 MA53 Shrewsbury 4 1726 MA D 188.00 99.00 MA54 Weston 1 1739 MA D 232.00 85.00 ME01 Harpswell 1 1761 ME D 93.00 271.00 ME02 Portland 1838 1761-1816 ME D 76.00 280.00 ME03 Gorham 442 1771-1788 ME D 68.00 277.00 ME04 Falmouth 1553 1726-1787 ME D 77.00 274.00 ME05 South Paris 2523 1812-1823 ME D 62.00 240.00 ME06 Arundel 93 1789-1793 ME D 65.00 298.00 ME07 Freeport 638 1787-1811 ME D 85.00 256.00 ME08 Eastport 80 1801 ME D 232.00 171.00 ME09 Augusta 5974 1783-1842 ME D 100.00 229.00 ME10 Brunswick 144 1794-1879 ME D 91.00 262.00 ME11 Hallowell 302 1761-1818 ME D 96.00 233.00 ME12 Kennebunk 333 1807-1809 ME D 64.00 301.00 ME13 Kittery 195 1747-1821 ME D 59.00 322.00 ME14 Livermore 31 1773-1774 ME D 75.00 226.00 ME15 Pembroke 3528 1888-1899 ME D 223.00 170.00 ME16 Kennebec County 33 1717-1718 ME D 99.00 224.00 ME17 Eliot 1316 1748-1822 ME D 55.00 319.00 ME18 Ellsworth 13871 1813-1888 ME D 160.00 205.00 ME19 Dennysville 26686 1816-1859 ME D 220.00 171.00 ME20 North Yarmouth 3749 1795-1845 ME D 79.00 266.00 ME21 Cambridge 5 1761-1765 ME D 108.00 179.00 ME22 Bristol 948 1830-1850 ME D 116.00 257.00 ME23 Wells 416 1797-1798 ME D 62.00 306.00 ME24 Union 13 1780-1786 ME D 124.00 235.00 ME25 Thomaston 1154 1799-1804 ME D 131.00 244.00 ME26 Phillips 29 1849-1851 ME D 65.00 197.00 ME27 Bath 169 1783 ME D 96.00 258.00 ME28 Buckfield 174 1827-1859 ME D 67.00 235.00 ME29 Corinna 945 1880-1882 ME D 119.00 182.00 ME30 Monroe 137 1865 ME D 132.00 207.00 ME31 Winslow 11 1884-1886 ME D 106.00 215.00 ME32 York 89 1724-1836 ME D 59.00 316.00 NH01 Exeter 1418 1730-1759 NH D 161.00 314.00 NH02 Weare 387 1796-1856 NH D 85.00 307.00 NH03 Monroe/Lyman 15951 1834-1889 NH D 51.00 151.00 NH04 Marlborough 11143 1820-1852 NH D 38.00 333.00 NH05 Hanover 40594 1834-1894 NH I 33.00 227.00 NH06 Durham 420 1727-1840 NH D 164.00 295.00 NH07 Lancaster 857 1818-1821 NH D 86.00 120.00 NH08 Wentworth 3654 1852-1856 NH D 57.00 205.00 NH09 Dover 2293 1681-1815 NH D 160.00 283.00 NH10 Meredith 5718 1867-1892 NH D 101.00 233.00 NH11 Sanbornton 14443 1788-1829 NH D 92.00 247.00 NH12 Bedford 667 1754-1798 NH D 105.00 325.00 NH13 Alton 1591 1861-1865 NH D 126.00 249.00 NH14 Portsmouth 404 1745-1777 NH D 176.00 302.00 NH15 Wakefield 440 1817-1818 NH D 144.00 230.00 NH16 Concord 421 1746-1819 NH D 95.00 283.00 NH17 Mt. Washington 1 1826 NH D 107.00 142.00 NH18 Stratham 81 1727-1799 NH D 162.00 306.00 NH19 Hampton 4 1737-1740 NH D 168.00 317.00 NH20 Danville 516 1774-1813 NH D 146.00 324.00 NY01 Fort William Henry 29 1755-1758 NY D 160.00 100.00 NY02 Utica 5514 1806-1831 NY D 181.00 116.00 NY03 Claverack/Claverick 2833 1758-1801 NY D 240.00 159.00 NY04 Cooperstown 9113 1850-1859 NY D 193.00 137.00 NY05 Lowville 3962 1829-1834 NY D 168.00 80.00 NY07 Albany 472 1758-1859 NY D 238.00 137.00 NY08 Ticonderoga 103 1758-1776 NY D 247.00 74.00 NY09 Edwards 64 1758-1760 NY D 176.00 52.00 NY10 Stillwater 4 1758-1760 NY D 242.00 119.00 NY11 Kingston 1 1760 NY D 233.00 177.00 NY12 Glasco 4 1760 NY D 235.00 169.00 NY13 Saratoga 4 1758-1760 NY D 243.00 114.00 NY14 Kinderhook 2 1755-1758 NY D 245.00 151.00 NY15 Redfield 2 1758 NY D 155.00 91.00 NY16 Westfield 1 1758 NY D 8.30 164.00 NY17 Otsego County 1 1758 NY D 189.00 142.00 NY18 Bradford 2 1758 NY D 107.00 161.00 NY19 Sheldon 2056 1860-1866 NY D 56.00 140.00 NY20 Whitehall 27 1758-1807 NY D 251.00 87.00 NY21 Deerfield 1125 1849-1852 NY D 180.00 115.00 NY22 Elmira 2338 1754-1869 NY D 117.00 171.00 NY23 Greenwoods 1 1758 NY 251.00 160.00 NY24 Greenbush 4 1758 NY D 211.00 137.00 NY25 Flatbush 8 1758 NY D 234.00 171.00 NY26 Schenectady 11 1758 NY D 232.00 127.00 NY27 Lake George 83 1758 NY D 242.00 92.00 NY28 Pine Plain 1 1758 NY D 242.00 173.00 NY29 Fort Edward 3 1758 NY D 246.00 101.00 NY30 New York 5 1776 NY D 237.00 239.00 RI01 Bristol 766 1787-1810 RI D 186.00 140.00 RI02 Kingston-Newport 756 1797 RI D 137.00 186.00 RI03 Smithfield 7143 1802-1855 RI D 100.00 56.00 RI04 Newport 9 1778 RI D 183.00 220.00 RI05 Narragansett 194 1743-1751 RI D 130.00 266.00 RI06 Providence 2280 1767-1806 RI D 135.00 87.00 VT02 St. Johnsbury 778 1858-1861 VT D 149.00 92.00 VT03 Barnet 373 1811-1817 VT D 142.00 111.00 VT04 Essex 520 1830-1835 VT D 39.00 91.00 VT05 Hyde Park 48 1788 VT D 89.00 71.00 VT06 Townshend 8 1815-1836 VT D 96.00 296.00 VT07 Newbury 193 1761-1895 VT D 138.00 139.00 VT08 Middlebury 1287 1816-1836 VT D 37.00 162.00