NAME FILE FOR 1951-1980 TEMP & PRECIP NORMALS STATIONS
                             TD-9641




                           Prepared by 
                          Lewis France



                  National Climatic Data Center
                        Federal Building
                    Asheville, North Carolina
                                 


                         September 1994





This document was prepared by the U.S. Department of Commerce,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National
Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service, National
Climatic Data Center, Asheville, North Carolina.

This document is designed to provide general information on the
origin, format, integrity and the availability of these data.

Errors found in this document should be brought to the attention of
the Data Base Administrator, NCDC.  





                          List of Variables


Element                                   Length  Position
COOP STATION NUMBER                                        6     001-006

MASTER STATION   = 1 ÄÄÄ¿                                
SLAVE STATION    = 2 ÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ                     1        007
  
TEMPERATURE ONLY = 1 ÄÄÄ¿             
PRECIP ONLY      = 2    ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ                      1        008
BOTH             = 3 ÄÄÄÙ   
                
NAME ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿                                 25     009-033 
LATITUDE-LONGITUDE*     ÃÄMay be blank for                11     034-044
NOT USED                ³ Slave Stations                   1        045
ELEVATION ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ                                  5     046-050


                         MASTER STATIONS

(If the value in position 007 is 1, then positions 051-080 are
defined as follows:)

SLAVE STATION NUMBER (within same state)                   4     051-054
MONTH/YEAR BEGAN                                           5     055-059
-  (Dash)                                                  1        060
MONTH/YEAR END                                             5     061-065
2ND SLAVE STATION AND POR USED                            15     066-080

                
                         SLAVE STATIONS

(If the value in position 007 is 2, then positions 051-080 are
defined as follows:)

MASTER STATION                                             4       051-054
BLANK                                                     26       055-080
     

     
  *             POSITION
     
     Latitude:        34     Hemisphere
                      35-36   Degrees          
                      37-38   Minutes
     
     Longitude:       39    Hemisphere
                      40-42   Degrees
                      43-44   Minutes