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Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products.","licence":"US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)","page":"https://worldextremeweathermonitor.com/countries/gb/records/","columns":[{"name":"id","description":"Stable record id: station, date, type and timescale."},{"name":"station_id","description":"GHCN-Daily station id."},{"name":"station_name","description":"Station name."},{"name":"country","description":"ISO 3166 alpha-2 country code."},{"name":"type","description":"Record type: tmax_high, tmax_low, tmin_high, tmin_low, prcp_high, snow_high or snwd_high."},{"name":"timescale","description":"daily, monthly or all-time."},{"name":"date","description":"Date the record was set, YYYY-MM-DD."},{"name":"value","description":"Record value in degrees Celsius or millimetres."},{"name":"unit","description":"c for degrees Celsius, mm for millimetres."},{"name":"previous_value","description":"The record it replaced, in the same unit. 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