Santee Experimental Forest, Headquarters: climate data

This data publication contains data collected at the Santee Headquarters in the Santee Experimental Forest in Cordesville, South Carolina. Data include historical temperature and precipitation data starting in January 1946. Starting in 1996, average air temperature, wind speed and direction, solar radiation, net radiation, total precipitation, and maximum and minimum relative humidity were measured and recorded (hourly recording interval starting in 1996, 30-minute interval starting in 2003, and 15-minute interval starting in 2017). From April 2008 to April 2012, 15-minute average ozone (parts per billion by volume, or ppbv), 15-minute maximum ozone (ppbv), 15-minute minimum ozone (ppbv), and the standard deviation of the 15-minute average ozone measurement (ppbv) were collected, and starting in September 2010, data from a Pluvio National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP)-type rain gauge were collected.
The purpose of these data is to provide researchers with estimates of a suite of climatic variables at the Santee Headquarters weather station.
These data were originally published on 12/03/2020 and included data through 2019. On 09/21/2021 we added data for 2020. Data collected in 2021 were added on 06/28/2022. On 08/16/2023 data for 2022 were added. Data for 2023 were added on 12/12/2024.

* This metadata applies to the raw data available through the full data publication download. Summary data available through the online query are calculated based on user selections and should be carefully interpreted.

For more information about the Santee Experimental Forest and to find additional data (e.g., spatial data) go to: https://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/charleston/santee/