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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
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