Data Set River Temperature Data: Weekly Averages
PEARL ID ASC05
PEARL Category Water Quality
Data Provider Maine Atlantic Salmon Commission
Provider Contact Name Richard Dill
  Affiliation ASC
  E-mail richard.dill@maine.gov
  Web-site http://www.maine.gov/asc/
Data Status (Ongoing / Complete) Ongoing
First Upload to PEARL May 16, 2005
Latest Upload to PEARL May 16, 2005
Metadata Revised May 16, 2005
First Year in Data Set 1991
Most Recent Year in Data Set 2004
Number of Years with Data 14
Waterbody Type(s) Streams
Number of Sites Sampled 17 sites on the Narraguagus River (main stem and West Branch).  Data from other rivers will be added in the future.
Abstract This table contains weekly average, minimum and maximum water temperature data.  Most data are averages of hourly records.  The temperature logger type varies among sites.  Currently, the table contains data only for sites on the Narrraguagus River main stem and West Branch.  Weekly average data from other ASC-monitored rivers will be added as they are made available. 
Key References  
Map Click HERE to view map of sites sampled for this data set.
Data Fields:  Field Name Unit Description
Water Code Stream segment code from the USGS National Hydrographic Database.
Waterbody Name Stream name from NHD database.
County Name County in which stream segment is located.
Town Name Town in which stream segment is located.  Where a stream segment crosses town line(s), the given town is the one with the greatest segment representation.
HUC 12 12-digit USGS hydrologic unit code (watershed).
Stream Name Stream name, as recorded in the ASC database.
Site Name Name of sampling site.
River Kilometer km Location of sampling site, measured in kilometers along stream centerline from head of tide.
7-Day Period Month/Day of 7-day weekly period for which average temperatures are calculated.
Standard Week Week number ("Julian" week): Jan 1-7 = week 1, and so on.
Mean Temperature C Mean weekly temperature.
Minimum Temperature C Minimum temperature recorded during week.
Maximum Temperature C Maximum temperature recorded during week.