California climate data
6/21/2014 - Index of flash drive – Compiled by Jim Goodridge
Jim Goodridge – State climatologist (retired) – jdgoodridge@sbcglobal.net
(530) 893-4036; Department of Water Resources, 703 Arbutus Avenue, Chico, CA 95926
Generic DDF.xls: This is a generalized Precipitation depth duration frequency table; for all California
requiring only input of latitude and longitude.
Climate of California PDF: This is a summary of historic storms and temperature, runoff and variation of
data trends.
DDF Index All.xls: This is an index of about 5000 daily rainfall depth duration frequency tables with about
1700 short duration tables.
10 Inch per Day Rainfalls.xls: This is a list of about 900 ten inches per day rainfalls for California.
Atmospheric Angular Momentum.xls: An indicator of global winds.
California Rain Calendar copy.xls: Showing max daily rain in California.
CO2 Mauna Loa.xls: Annual CO2 (ppm) from Jan 1 through Dec 31.
DDF D Rain 1oGRID 5000: Rainfall depth duration frequency daily tables filed by 1o lat-long grid.
DDF H Rain 1o Grid 1200: Rainfall depth duration frequency short duration tables filed by 1o lat-long grid.
DDF Monthly Design Storms Rain Max 3 Day By Month, Rain Max Day By Month, Rain Max Hr by Month.
DDF Runoff: depth duration frequency of runoff in inches from 300 stations with few diversions or
storage.
DDF Runoff Coefficient: Water balance on 250 small sheds.
Evaporation: Monthly evaporation from 80 sites.
Length of Day Variation.xls: an index of global winds.
Max Rain Daily Max Trend 1898-2012.xls: A 9 year average of 83 records.
Mean Annual Precip.jpg: This is a 0 year Mean Annual.
Precipitation map 1951to 2000 based on 5000 records original at 1:500,000.
PDO 1900-2013.xls: Pacific Decadal Oscillation Index; the SST difference in SST of North Pacific Ocean.
Rain 1850-2013.xls: The total water-year rainfall of 216 records with 100 years of data.
Relative Humidity: Average monthly RH at 160 stations.
San Francisco Tides MSL 1900-2012.xls: Mean sea level.
Snow Avg April 1: Water Content.xls from 208 records.
Snow Load psf.xls: Snow load frequency from 380 snow courses.
Solar Average daily: Langleys by month from 550 records.
Solar Atmospheric Attenuation.xls: Based on 200 records.
Storms Data: on 10 of state’s largest recorded rainstorms.
Sunspots 1700-2011a.xls: Annual average of daily values
Temperature Air.xls: This contains 960 monthly averages of max, min and average air temperature for
the warm and cool halves of the year and the annual averages for 960 California stations
uncorrected values.
Temperature Dew Point: this is average monthly DP for 100 locations.
Tree ring widths: These are average annual values for 90 locations in California.
URLs Weather Data: This is a collection of URLs showing sources of weather data.
z CDEC Historic Hourly Rain: This is a collection of 460 hourly CDEC rain records.
CIMIS Historic Hourly Rain: This is a collection of 460 hourly CIMIS rain records.
zz CDEC Historic Daily Rain: This is a collection of 190 CDEC daily records.
zz CIMIS Historic Daily Rain: This is a collection of 100 CIMIS daily records.
zz RAWS Historic Daily Rain: This is a collection of 190 RAWS daily records.
zz Snotel Historic Daily Rain: This is a collection of 50 Snotel daily records.