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                World Monthly Surface Station Climatology
                   Station/Parameter Coverage by Decade

 Area 1 - north america (12n-90n,40w-170w)                

 the following table indicates the data coverage by decade
     explanation of symbols
          recs - no. of logical records in the decade (station/years)
             s - no.of stations in the decade
          sslp - no.of stations in the decade with sea level pressures
          mslp - no.of months of slp in the decade
            sp - no.of stations in the decade with pressures
            mp - no.of months of pressure in the decade
            st - no. of stations in the decade with temperatures
            mt - no.of months of temperature
            sr - no. of stations in the decade with precipitation
            mr - no.of months of precipitation

   decade     recs    s    sslp   mslp    sp     mp     st     mt     sr     mr

 2001-2004    1321   357   348   14055   167    5665   355   14439   350   14128
 1991-2000    2951   379   376   30341   374   21265   378   31282   370   31053
 1981-1990    2235   310   294   21572   294   21518   310   23919   308   23731
 1971-1980    2075   232   191   19122   185   18093   231   23001   226   22243
 1961-1970    4287   446   272   28357   216   23908   390   43173   439   49523
 1951-1960    3958   409   223   25039   190   21924   363   40822   391   44718
 1941-1950    2596   280   165   16818   147   15816   262   28257   271   29785
 1931-1940    2127   230    95    9374   138   14734   206   22500   226   24723
 1921-1930    1929   199    65    7290   121   13979   174   19880   196   22382
 1911-1920    1708   179    35    3965   114   13108   154   17308   176   19776
 1901-1910    1550   165    31    3449   106   11892   142   15520   161   17855
 1891-1900    1232   137    25    2814    93   10007   122   12967   133   14137
 1881-1890    1032   114    24    2623    75    7653   100   10338   110   11651
 1871-1880     682    91    18    1220    53    3966    74    6070    84    7285
 1861-1870     265    33     1     120     1      56    20    1924    28    2654
 1851-1860     254    29     1      36     0       0    17    1610    23    2384
 1841-1850     194    23     0       0     0       0    14    1335    17    1658
 1831-1840     125    17     0       0     0       0    11     945    12     946
 1821-1830      87    10     0       0     0       0     7     751     6     441
 1811-1820      28     8     0       0     0       0     6     239     3     168
 1801-1810      10     1     0       0     0       0     1     120     1      83
 1791-1800      12     2     0       0     0       0     2     125     0       0
 1781-1790      18     3     0       0     0       0     2     131     1      72
 1771-1780       7     1     0       0     0       0     1      69     0       0
 1761-1770       7     2     0       0     0       0     1      12     1      60
 1751-1760      10     1     0       0     0       0     0       0     1     120
 1741-1750      10     1     0       0     0       0     0       0     1     120
 1731-1740       3     1     0       0     0       0     0       0     1      36

 total data
 coverage    30713   709   493  186195   478  203584   635  316737   694  341732


 Area 2 - northern hemisphere , excluding north america   

 the following table indicates the data coverage by decade
     explanation of symbols
          recs - no. of logical records in the decade (station/years)
             s - no.of stations in the decade
          sslp - no.of stations in the decade with sea level pressures
          mslp - no.of months of slp in the decade
            sp - no.of stations in the decade with pressures
            mp - no.of months of pressure in the decade
            st - no. of stations in the decade with temperatures
            mt - no.of months of temperature
            sr - no. of stations in the decade with precipitation
            mr - no.of months of precipitation

   decade     recs    s    sslp   mslp    sp     mp     st     mt     sr     mr

 2001-2004    5030  1430  1393   48387  1377   48068  1426   49898  1422   48899
 1991-2000   11563  1682  1617  104452  1600  104223  1681  108082  1674  106696
 1981-1990    8378  1063   988   77768   998   79018  1058   82381  1058   81328
 1971-1980    9083  1207  1052   81177  1060   80806  1157   94020  1191   95790
 1961-1970   12338  1340  1060  107000   375   38762  1291  134114  1329  139004
 1951-1960   11072  1144   804   90581   650   71297  1069  121258  1134  128742
 1941-1950    5461   632   328   31301   325   32064   470   46643   621   63342
 1931-1940    5041   556   167   16830   222   23874   345   36545   550   58878
 1921-1930    4195   462   123   14114   210   23479   287   31538   459   49190
 1911-1920    3350   380    72    8092   185   20627   251   28394   349   35958
 1901-1910    2915   337    65    6818   179   19432   235   25327   306   31145
 1891-1900    2175   245    45    4619   146   16186   188   20530   217   22645
 1881-1890    1708   191    22    2229   117   12043   154   16158   167   18094
 1871-1880    1071   128    15    1560    63    5605    89    8192   119   11806
 1861-1870     669    91     9     960    31    2729    50    4267    81    6884
 1851-1860     432    51     7     756    18    1615    30    3062    42    4036
 1841-1850     273    33     5     432     7     766    19    2118    24    2110
 1831-1840     210    23     2     240     5     600    16    1793    13    1195
 1821-1830     184    20     2     240     5     600    14    1584    10     974
 1811-1820     162    18     2     240     5     479    13    1440     7     605
 1801-1810     124    14     2     240     3     264    11    1186     4     420
 1791-1800     113    12     2     240     2     240    10    1116     3     360
 1781-1790     109    11     2     240     2     240     9    1079     3     300
 1771-1780      68     9     3     252     2     240     7     684     1     120
 1761-1770      39     6     2     132     2     156     5     379     1      82
 1751-1760      15     2     1      72     1      72     2     180     0       0

 total data
 coverage    85778  2494  2215  598972  2140  583485  2453  821968  2482  908603


 Area 3 - southern hemisphere plus 0-12n,40w-170w         

 the following table indicates the data coverage by decade
     explanation of symbols
          recs - no. of logical records in the decade (station/years)
             s - no.of stations in the decade
          sslp - no.of stations in the decade with sea level pressures
          mslp - no.of months of slp in the decade
            sp - no.of stations in the decade with pressures
            mp - no.of months of pressure in the decade
            st - no. of stations in the decade with temperatures
            mt - no.of months of temperature
            sr - no. of stations in the decade with precipitation
            mr - no.of months of precipitation

   decade     recs    s    sslp   mslp    sp     mp     st     mt     sr     mr

 2001-2004    2415   715   671   19339   594   18614   703   20835   705   21001
 1991-2000    5747  1084  1007   41967   872   41915  1050   44134  1054   43828
 1981-1990    5702  1090   604   40516   667   42914   698   46539  1038   53493
 1971-1980    8788  1094   578   43212   594   42909   654   49561  1071   94950
 1961-1970    9623  1106   587   51296   337   31645   696   64082  1089  107136
 1951-1960    9106   973   307   31903   313   31760   526   55086   943  105883
 1941-1950    6659   727   112   11959   109   11944   256   27312   718   77900
 1931-1940    6005   648    63    6628    74    8039   196   21079   642   70618
 1921-1930    4139   451    48    5286    49    5391    96   10901   446   48567
 1911-1920    3788   412    38    4271    46    5116    89    9768   407   44277
 1901-1910    3326   366    31    3013    41    4297    77    7966   361   38765
 1891-1900    2607   297    20    1873    25    2365    48    4625   294   30595
 1881-1890    1754   217    14    1216    14    1133    30    2780   213   20091
 1871-1880     879   127     9    1014     7     743    20    2058   123    9998
 1861-1870     355    63     8     753     5     540    15    1437    61    3909
 1851-1860     113    23     3     192     3     168     7     344    21    1159
 1841-1850      62     7     1     117     0       0     1     119     6     598
 1831-1840       5     4     0       0     0       0     0       0     4      53

 total data
 coverage    71073  2071  1334  264555  1208  249493  1558  368626  1975  772821
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