Terms and Units

Steffi LaZerte

2018-10-08

This table shows details regarding original column (measurement) names and units of all measurements. It further provides links back to the ECCC glossary for more details.

Interval	ECCC Name	Formatted weathercan name	units	Reference
hour	Date/Time	time	ISO date/time	NA
hour	Year	year	year	ECCC glossary page
hour	Month	month	month	ECCC glossary page
hour	Day	day	day	ECCC glossary page
hour	Time	hour	hour	ECCC glossary page
hour	Data Quality	qual	note	ECCC glossary page
hour	Temp (°C)	temp	°C	ECCC glossary page
hour	Temp Flag	temp_flag	note	See the ‘flags’ vignette
hour	Dew Point Temp (°C)	temp_dew	°C	ECCC glossary page
hour	Dew Point Temp Flag	temp_dew_flag	note	See the ‘flags’ vignette
hour	Rel Hum (%)	rel_hum	%	ECCC glossary page
hour	Rel Hum Flag	rel_hum_flag	note	See the ‘flags’ vignette
hour	Wind Dir (10s deg)	wind_dir	10s deg	ECCC glossary page
hour	Wind Dir Flag	wind_dir_flag	note	See the ‘flags’ vignette
hour	Wind Spd (km/h)	wind_spd	km/h	ECCC glossary page
hour	Wind Spd Flag	wind_spd_flag	note	See the ‘flags’ vignette
hour	Visibility (km)	visib	km	ECCC glossary page
hour	Visibility Flag	visib_flag	note	See the ‘flags’ vignette
hour	Stn Press (kPa)	pressure	kPa	ECCC glossary page
hour	Stn Press Flag	pressure_flag	note	See the ‘flags’ vignette
hour	Hmdx	hmdx	index	ECCC glossary page
hour	Hmdx Flag	hmdx_flag	note	See the ‘flags’ vignette
hour	Wind Chill	wind_chill	index	ECCC glossary page
hour	Wind Chill Flag	wind_chill_flag	note	See the ‘flags’ vignette
hour	Weather	weather	note	ECCC glossary page
day	Date/Time	date	ISO date	NA
day	Year	year	year	ECCC glossary page
day	Month	month	month	ECCC glossary page
day	Day	day	day	ECCC glossary page
day	Data Quality	qual	note	ECCC glossary page
day	Max Temp (°C)	max_temp	°C	ECCC glossary page
day	Max Temp Flag	max_temp_flag	note	See the ‘flags’ vignette
day	Min Temp (°C)	min_temp	°C	ECCC glossary page
day	Min Temp Flag	min_temp_flag	note	See the ‘flags’ vignette
day	Mean Temp (°C)	mean_temp	°C	ECCC glossary page
day	Mean Temp Flag	mean_temp_flag	note	See the ‘flags’ vignette
day	Heat Deg Days (°C)	heat_deg_days	°C	ECCC glossary page
day	Heat Deg Days Flag	heat_deg_days_flag	note	See the ‘flags’ vignette
day	Cool Deg Days (°C)	cool_deg_days	°C	ECCC glossary page
day	Cool Deg Days Flag	cool_deg_days_flag	note	See the ‘flags’ vignette
day	Total Rain (mm)	total_rain	mm	ECCC glossary page
day	Total Rain Flag	total_rain_flag	note	See the ‘flags’ vignette
day	Total Snow (cm)	total_snow	cm	ECCC glossary page
day	Total Snow Flag	total_snow_flag	note	See the ‘flags’ vignette
day	Total Precip (mm)	total_precip	mm	ECCC glossary page
day	Total Precip Flag	total_precip_flag	note	See the ‘flags’ vignette
day	Snow on Grnd (cm)	snow_grnd	cm	ECCC glossary page
day	Snow on Grnd Flag	snow_grnd_flag	note	See the ‘flags’ vignette
day	Dir of Max Gust (10s deg)	dir_max_gust	10s deg	ECCC glossary page
day	Dir of Max Gust Flag	dir_max_gust_flag	note	See the ‘flags’ vignette
day	Spd of Max Gust (km/h)	spd_max_gust	km/h	ECCC glossary page
day	Spd of Max Gust Flag	spd_max_gust_flag	note	See the ‘flags’ vignette
month	Date/Time	date	ISO date	NA
month	Year	year	year	ECCC glossary page
month	Month	month	month	ECCC glossary page
month	Mean Max Temp (°C)	mean_max_temp	°C	ECCC glossary page
month	Mean Max Temp Flag	mean_max_temp_flag	note	See the ‘flags’ vignette
month	Mean Min Temp (°C)	mean_min_temp	°C	ECCC glossary page
month	Mean Min Temp Flag	mean_min_temp_flag	note	See the ‘flags’ vignette
month	Mean Temp (°C)	mean_temp	°C	ECCC glossary page
month	Mean Temp Flag	mean_temp_flag	note	See the ‘flags’ vignette
month	Extr Max Temp (°C)	extr_max_temp	°C	ECCC glossary page
month	Extr Max Temp Flag	extr_max_temp_flag	note	See the ‘flags’ vignette
month	Extr Min Temp (°C)	extr_min_temp	°C	ECCC glossary page
month	Extr Min Temp Flag	extr_min_temp_flag	note	See the ‘flags’ vignette
month	Total Rain (mm)	total_rain	mm	ECCC glossary page
month	Total Rain Flag	total_rain_flag	note	See the ‘flags’ vignette
month	Total Snow (cm)	total_snow	cm	ECCC glossary page
month	Total Snow Flag	total_snow_flag	note	See the ‘flags’ vignette
month	Total Precip (mm)	total_precip	mm	ECCC glossary page
month	Total Precip Flag	total_precip_flag	note	See the ‘flags’ vignette
month	Snow Grnd Last Day (cm)	snow_grnd_last_day	cm	ECCC glossary page
month	Snow Grnd Last Day Flag	snow_grnd_last_day_flag	note	See the ‘flags’ vignette
month	Dir of Max Gust (10’s deg)	dir_max_gust	10’s deg	ECCC glossary page
month	Dir of Max Gust Flag	dir_max_gust_flag	note	See the ‘flags’ vignette
month	Spd of Max Gust (km/h)	spd_max_gust	km/h	ECCC glossary page
month	Spd of Max Gust Flag	spd_max_gust_flag	note	See the ‘flags’ vignette