Weather and Climate Inventory National Park Service Pacific Island Network

This report inventories past and present climate monitoring efforts in Pacific Island Inventory and Monitoring Network (PACN). In the report, we provide the following information: - Overview of broad-scale climatic factors and zones important to PACN park units; - Inventory of weather station locations in and near PACN park units; - Results of an inventory of metadata on each weather station, including affiliations for weather-monitoring networks, types of measurements recorded at these stations, and information about the 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.