Daily Meteorological Data for Rio Branco, Brazil: 1970-2001

1970 to 2001 meteorological measurements from three stations within an 8 km radius in Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil. The dataset provides daily average values for rainfall, relative humidity, evapotranspiration, maximum and minimum temperature, pressure, wind direction and speed, solar radiation, and cloud cover. It was collected and provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Use Cases

• Analyzing long-term rainfall trends in the Amazon using the daily rainfall column.
• Studying evapotranspiration patterns for hydrological modeling using the daily evapotranspiration values.
• Correlating solar radiation and cloud cover data with temperature maxima and minima.
• Examining wind patterns and pressure systems over a multi-decade period in Acre, Brazil.

Strengths

• Provides over 30 years of continuous daily data from 1970 to 2001.
• Contains measurements from three separate meteorological stations, allowing for spatial consistency checks within an 8 km area.
• Includes a wide range of core meteorological variables essential for climate studies.

Limitations

• Exact row count and file size are not specified on any platform.
• Platforms disagree on the last updated date: NASA Earthdata lists 2001-05-31, while Data.gov lists 2026-03-13, suggesting a metadata conflict.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Measurements collected from three ground-based meteorological stations.

Time Range

1970-06-01 to 2001-05-31

Freshness

2026-03-13 01:16:22.837048

Geography

Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil (three stations within an 8 km radius)