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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">The type of [[weather observation]] taken at a [[climatological substation]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">It includes recording, at least once daily, one or more of the following: [[maximum temperature]],  [[minimum temperature]], and total [[precipitation]] since the previous [[observation]]; and may also  include description of the weather ([[cloudy]], [[clear]], etc.) and atmospheric phenomena. Such observations  compose the bulk of [[climatological data]] in the United States and over much of the  world. In addition, [[meteorological observations]] are, of course, &ldquo;climatological&rdquo; inasmuch as they  are used to derive climatological data.</div><br/> </div>
<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">The type of [[weather observation]] taken at a [[climatological substation]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">It includes recording, at least once daily, one or more of the following: [[maximum temperature]],  [[minimum temperature]], and total [[precipitation]] since the previous [[observation]]; and may also  include description of the weather ([[cloudy]], [[clear]], etc.) and atmospheric phenomena. Such observations  compose the bulk of [[climatological data]] in the United States and over much of the  world. In addition, [[meteorological observations]] are, of course, "climatological" inasmuch as they  are used to derive climatological data.</div><br/> </div>
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It includes recording, at least once daily, one or more of the following: maximum temperature, minimum temperature, and total precipitation since the previous observation; and may also include description of the weather (cloudy, clear, etc.) and atmospheric phenomena. Such observations compose the bulk of climatological data in the United States and over much of the world. In addition, meteorological observations are, of course, "climatological" inasmuch as they are used to derive climatological data.


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