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PRISM Normals - Known Issues
This page contains a list of known issues with the PRISM normals datasets.
For detailed information about PRISM dataset versions, please review our PRISM datasets document.
Known Issues
Issue | Posted | Type | Variable(s) | Date(s) | Location(s) | Issue | Cause |
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1 | 12/07/21 | Monthly, Annual | ppt | July | Small area (~10x10 km) in central Colorado centered on -105.41, 39.64 | Precipitation values are about 25 mm too high | Unstable adjustment of a station with a short period of record |
2 | 02/01/24 | Monthly, Annual | tmin, tmax, tmean, tdmean, vpdmin, vpdmax | All | Multiple | Small number of West Coast grid cells incorrect | Misalignment with the recently developed daily normals |
3 | 08/06/24 | Daily | ppt, vpdmin | ppt: Jun 01 - Sep 01; vpdmin: all days | Multiple, most noticeable near Stockton, CA | Small clusters of grid cells missing values | Rounding issue produced small negative numbers instead of zeros in some grid cells |