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STATION 15 - CASTRO VALLEY
ALERT
ID 1508
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Location
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Latitude:
36/57/30
Elevation (NGVD29): 754 ft. |
Longitude:
121/36/02
Locaide: 61 71-12 |
| Description |
| Station
located on private ranch approximately 2.5 miles west of State
Route 101 on Castro Valley Rd., near Gavilan College. |
| Period
of Record |
| Measurements
began October 1, 1939, with continuous operation to the present.
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| Date |
Note |
| 01/28/1964 |
8-inch
Bendix recorder installed. gauge type used prior to this date
is unknown. |
| 09/22/1965 |
8-inch
Fischer & Porter ADR recorder installed with windshield. |
| 10/05/1976 |
Fischer
& Porter ADR converted from English to metric measurement. |
| 05/30/1978 |
Station
moved approximately 400 feet northeast and 75 feet lower than
the old site. No windshield installed. Station name and number
unchanged. |
| 05/27/1980 |
Fischer
& Porter ADR converted from metric to English measurement.and
100 feet higher in elevation; station name and number unchanged. |
| 08/17/1987 |
12-inch
Handar radio-reporting tipping bucket gauge, with one millimeter
resolution, installed to supplement the existing Fischer &
Porter ADR. |
| 08/27/1992 |
Fischer
& Porter ADR removed from service. |
For detailed station information, please contact (408) 265-2600 and request "Precipitation" information.
For data requests, please use the following link:
Public Records Request Form
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