www.surfacestations.org volunteer Gary Boden has provided me an updated version of the Excel speadsheet I use to chart this project. This version calculates the completion of USHCN surveys by state, as seen below.We could really use some help in Arkansas, Delaware, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Dakota, and West Virginia. If you live in these states, and can help complete this important survey of offical climate stations, please visit www.surfacestations.org and sign up.
State Stations Done Percentage
AL 15 4 27%
AZ 25 7 28%
AR 15 0 0%
CA 54 42 78%
CO 25 14 56%
CT 4 4 100%
DE 5 0 0%
FL 22 15 68%
GA 23 16 70%
ID 28 7 25%
IL 36 2 6%
IN 36 32 89%
IA 23 7 30%
KS 31 2 6%
KY 13 1 8%
LA 18 10 56%
ME 12 10 83%
MD 17 2 12%
MA 12 5 42%
MI 24 15 63%
MN 33 29 88%
MS 32 6 19%
MO 26 0 0%
MT 44 9 20%
NE 46 1 2%
NV 13 5 38%
NH 5 4 80%
NJ 12 1 8%
NM 28 3 11%
NY 59 9 15%
NC 29 13 45%
ND 24 0 0%
OH 26 11 42%
OK 45 3 7%
OR 41 17 41%
PA 24 4 17%
RI 3 2 67%
SC 29 12 41%
SD 25 7 28%
TN 15 2 13%
TX 48 9 19%
UT 40 18 45%
VT 7 6 86%
VA 19 6 32%
WA 44 33 75%
WV 13 0 0%
WI 23 11 48%
WY 30 6 20%
TOTAL 1221 422
Anthony, the 4 unsurveyed stations in Indiana are all at least a couple hours away from me, but my oldest daughter lives in Lawrence, KS, on of the numerous unsurveyed stations in Kansas. Both of my grandsons are in cub scouts and always looking for interesting projects. I emailed a link to surfactstations.org to my daughter this morning. I’ll let you know if they’re interested.
As an ND native, I’ve noticed the lack of surveying done there. I plan to be home during the holidays, and I’ll try to knock off a couple of them then, if nobody else does before that.
Ugh! It’s times like this when I regret not owning a car.