MASTER STATION HISTORY INFORMATION FILE

 COLUMNS                      STATION INFORMATION COMPONENT
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 01 - 06     Coop Station Id

 08 - 09     Climate Division

 11 - 15     WBAN Station Id

 17 - 21     WMO Station Id

 23 - 26     FAA LOC ID

 28 - 32     NWS Location Identifier

 34 - 37     ICAO Station Id

 39 - 58     Country

 60 - 61     State/Province Abbreviation
              ( United States/Canada Only )

 63 - 92      County Name ( United States Only )

 94 - 98      Time Zone
              ( Number of Hours Added to Local Time to Get Greenwich Time )

100 - 129     Historical Coop Station Name

131 - 160     Historical WBAN Station Name

162 - 169     Beginning Date of Period of Record ( YYYYMMDD )
              ( "00000101" => Unknown Begin Date )

171 - 178     Ending Date of Period of Record ( YYYYMMDD )
              ( "99991231" => Station Currently Open )

180 - 180     Latitude Direction
              ( " " => North, "-" => South )

181 - 182     Latitude Degrees

184 - 185     Latitude Minutes

187 - 188     Latitude Seconds

190 - 190     Longitude Direction
              ( " " => East, "-" => West )

191 - 193     Longitude Degrees

195 - 196     Longitude Minutes

198 - 199     Longitude Seconds

201 - 202     Latitude/Longitude Precision Code
              ( "54" => Degrees, Whole Minutes )
              ( "55" => Degrees, Whole Minutes, Whole Seconds )
              ( "63" => Degrees, Decimal Minutes to Hundredths )
              ( "64" => Degrees, Decimal Minutes to Thousandths )
              ( "66" => Deg, Minutes, Decimal Seconds to Tenths )
              ( "67" => Deg, Min, Decimal Seconds to Hundredths )

204 - 209     Elevation - Ground
              ( Feet )

211 - 216     Elevation
              ( Feet )

218 - 219     Elevation Type Code
              ( "0" => Unknown Elevation Type )
              ( "2" => Barometer Ivory Point )
              ( "6" => Ground )
              ( "7" => Airport )

221 - 231     Station Relocation

233 - 282     Station Types

283 - 284     Blank