ASOS.TXT

The ASOS report is a fixed-length summary listing of current Automated Surface Weather Observing System stations,
including identifiers and the latest known location information.
The included identifiers are the NCDC id number, the WBAN id number, the COOP id  number, and the FAA id.
The location information includes latitude, longitude, elevation, and time zone.
The file is sorted by country and then by state.


FIELD        LENGTH  FORMAT       POSITION      DESCRIPTION
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NCDCID       8       99999999     001-008       Unique identifier used by the NCDC.

WBAN         5       99999        010-014       Used at NCDC for digital data storage and general station identification purposes.

COOPID       6       999999       016-021       Assigned by the NCDC, first 2 digits represent state,last 4 digits are assigned
                                                numerically by alphabetical ordering of the station name.

CALL         3       XXX          023-025       Federal Aviation Administration id number, can be numbers, characters,
                                                or a combination of both.

NAME         30      X(30)        027-056       Name of station, uppercase may contain characters, numbers, or symbols.

ALT_NAME     30      X(30)        058-087       Alternate name or alias.

COUNTRY      20      X(20)        089-108       Name of country, uppercase.

ST           2       XX           110-111       USPS two character alphabetic abbreviation for each state, uppercase.

COUNTY       30      X(30)        113-142       Name of county, uppercase.

LAT          9       X99.99999    144-152       Latitude in decimal degrees where “x” is blank or “-“.

LON          10      X999.99999   154-163       Longitude in decimal degrees where “x” is blank or “-“.

ELEV         6       999999       165-170       Station elevation in feet.

TIME         2       +9           172-173       Time zone, adjustment factor to get to GMT.

STNTYPE      50      X(50)        175-224       Type of observing programs associated with the station.
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