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PRISM Time Series - Known Issues
This page contains a list of known issues with the PRISM daily and monthly time series datasets.
For detailed information about PRISM dataset versions, please review our PRISM datasets document.
Known Issues
| Issue | Posted | Variable(s) | Date(s) | Location(s) | Issue | Cause | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12/08/21 | ppt | Dec 1951, Jan 1957 | Area around Crested Butte, Colorado (-109.97, 38.87) | Monthly precipitation values are about 50% low | Erroneous QC omission of unusually high precipitation observed at Crested Butte | Unresolved |
| 2 | 03/25/22 | ppt | 04 May 2012 | Extreme north-central Iowa (-94.1, 43.3) | Local precipitation maximum should be ~90 mm, rather than ~300 mm | Station data was reported on the wrong day and conflicted with radar returns |
