Hubbard Brook field weather notes 1990-2019

Hubbard Brook weather notes (aka field notes) are daily weather
observations by technicians at Hubbard Brook – a record that began in
the mid-1970s, and continues today. Weekend weather notes are
included, and are observations from their nearby homes in Thornton,
Campton or Plymouth NH. These notes capture subtle details in weather
that are not recorded by sensors at Hubbard Brook. These may include,
but are not limited to, thunderstorms, frontal passages, named storms
(i.e. Hurricanes, Tropical storms), fog, ground surface frost,
precipitation type, and cloud types. In this data package, the weather
notes from 1990-2019 have been scanned into annual pdf files, and are
zipped into 5 year increments for download.

Temperature and precipitation data are noted on the weather note
sheets – these data are from hygrothermographs and precipitation
recording rain gage at STA/RG22 (Hubbard Brook Headquarters), and
beginning in 2014-15, from digital sensors. Note that temperature and
precipitation from these handwritten sheets should not be used for
data analysis. Temperature and precipitation finalized QA/QC products
are available in digital format at the links below. The handwritten
weather notes should be used as reference only.

These data were gathered as part of the Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study
(HBES). The HBES is a collaborative effort at the Hubbard Brook
Experimental Forest, which is operated and maintained by the USDA
Forest Service, Northern Research Station.

USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 2020. Hubbard Brook
Experimental Forest: Daily Precipitation Rain Gage Measurements, 1956
- present ver 14. Environmental Data Initiative.
https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/e735df68b214f75132179f39a04fb16e

USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 2020. Hubbard Brook
Experimental Forest: Daily Temperature Record, 1955 – present ver 9.
Environmental Data Initiative.
https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/e7c793b98b895de2bb5e505f9ff5e0cb