Summary of data on temperature of streams in North Carolina, 1943-67

This report summarizes stream-temperature data collected by the U.S.
Geological Survey in cooperation with the State of North Carolina during the
period 1943-67. Listed in two tables are summary values determined from
records from 176 locations throughout the State. Of the 850 station years
of record, 31 percent is monthly records, 50 percent is daily, and 19 percent is
continuous. Table 1 shows average monthly, average annual, and extreme
observed temperatures for the period of record at each location. Table 2, for
stations having continuous water-temperature recorders, shows the following
temperature variables: Average of monthly maximums, average of daily
maximums, average daily, average of daily minimums, and average of monthly
minimums.