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Last Updated: September 1, 2005

Federal Meteorological Handbook No. 1 - Surface Weather Observations and Reports
September 2005

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  • Federal Meteorological Handbook No. 1 (FCM-H1-2005)
    **This is the entire handbook with all changes incorporated.
(PDF 1.9MB) 
FMH-1-2005 by chapter:  
 
  • Opening Pages -- Cover, Foreword, and Table of Contents
(PDF 257 KB) 
 
  • Chapter 1 -- Introduction
(PDF 112 KB)
 
  • Chapter 2 -- Surface Weather Observation Program
(PDF 127 KB)
 
  • Chapter 3 -- Certification and Quality Control
(PDF 109 KB)
 
  • Chapter 4 -- Observational Records
(PDF 93 KB)
 
  • Chapter 5 -- Wind
(PDF 88 KB)
 
  • Chapter 6 -- Visibility
(PDF 107 KB)
 
  • Chapter 7 -- Runway Visual Range
(PDF 94 KB)
 
  • Chapter 8 -- Present Weather
(PDF 128 KB)
 
  • Chapter 9 -- Sky Condition
(PDF 123 KB)
 
  • Chapter 10 -- Temperature and Dew Point
(PDF 93 KB)
 
  • Chapter 11 -- Pressure
(PDF 95 KB)
 
  • Chapter 12 -- Coding
(PDF 207 KB)
 
  • Appendix A -- Glossary
(PDF 99 KB)
 
  • Appendix B -- List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
(PDF 85 KB)
 
  • Appendix C -- Sensor Standards
(PDF 96 KB)
 
  • Appendix D -- Runway Visual Range Tables
(PDF 67 KB)

Log of Changes - (List of pen and ink changes)

 
  Memorandum - Change No. 2 to the Federal Meteorological Handbook No. 1 - Effective September 1, 2005
(PDF 78 KB)
 

Memorandum - Change No. 1 to the Federal Meteorological Handbook No. 1 Effective November 5, 1998

(PDF 68 KB)

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