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Cape Kennedy Weather Data

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: April 12, 2026 at 09:20 PM | Dataset Last Updated: March 22, 1982 at 12:00 AM
Digitized data taken from original weather observations taken at Cape Kennedy Air Force Station, Florida. Elements recorded are wind speed and direction, temperature, dew point, pressure, and possibly more. Observations were taken every three hours. Records are contained in standard 80 character record lengths. The reference manual to indicate the individual fields and their lengths has not been found. It is possible to identify most of the fields, but some, particularly later in the record, have not been identified.

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isPartOf Cape Kennedy Tower Winds
issued 1956-12-01T00:00:00.000+00:00
keyword 
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  "Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Surface Winds > Wind Speed",
  "Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Surface Winds > Wind Direction",
  "Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Pressure",
  "Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Surface Temperature > Dew Point Temperature",
  "Atmospheric - Surface - Wind Speed And Direction",
  "Atmospheric - Surface - Air Temperature",
  "Atmospheric - Surface - Air Pressure",
  "Atmospheric - Surface - Water Vapour",
  "Continent > North America > United States Of America > Florida",
  "Vertical Location > Land Surface",
  "Anemometers",
  "Thermometers",
  "Barometers",
  "Fixed Observation Stations",
  "In Situ Land-based Platforms > Ground-based Observations",
  "In Situ Land-based Platforms > Weather Stations/Networks",
  "Point Resolution",
  "1 meter - < 10 meters",
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language 
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license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
modified 1982-03-22T00:00:00.000+00:00
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rights otherRestrictions
spatial -80.55,28.48,-80.56,28.49
temporal 1961-10-01T00:00:00+00:00/1962-09-30T00:00:00+00:00
title Cape Kennedy Weather Data

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