Weather and Climate Inventory National Park Service North Coast and Cascades Network

The purpose of this report is to determine the current status of weather and climate monitoring within North Coast and cascades Network (NCCN). In this report, the authors provide the following informational elements: - Overview of broad-scale climatic factors and zones important to NCCN park units; - Inventory of locations for all weather stations in and near NCCN park units that are relevant to the NPS I&M networks; - Results of metadata inventory for each station, including weather-monitoring network affiliations, types of recorded measurements, and information about actual measurements (length of record, etc.); and - Initial evaluation of the adequacy of coverage for existing weather stations and recommendations for improvements in monitoring weather and climate.