PSF Tw DB
Monitoring Station Details: 1155

Little Slocan River

Slocan River Streamkeepers -
Dataset Catalog Metadata:

PSF ID: SWP_DTS_A091

Dataset Name: TEMPERATURE (2003-08-02 TO 2006-11-04) LITTLE SLOCAN RIVER

Provider Organization: Slocan River Streamkeepers

Program / Project:

Count Sites: 1

Open Access: Y

FAIR Access: Y

Date Catalog: 2023-12-01

Date PSE:

Station Data:

ID: 1155

Name: Little Slocan River

Site UID: littleslocan_river

Latitude: 49.54900000

Longitude: -117.65900000

Elevation (m):

Start Year: 2003

End Year: 2006

Timezone: America/Vancouver

Provider Organization: Slocan River Streamkeepers

Drainage:

Land Classification:

Water Body Type:

Collection Status: decommissioned

# Temperature Records: 36,334

# Days of Data: 1,191

Indigenous Territories:

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Water Temperature Time Series (Raw Data)

The following graph shows the raw temperature time series for this station. Use the date range selector to filter by specific dates, or click and drag on the chart to zoom in. Double-click to reset the zoom. Yellow highlighted regions indicate gaps in the data where values were out of range or missing.

Reset (last 10000)
Showing entire series (36,334 points).
Daily Summaries of Water Temperature

Daily summary statistics (mean, min, max) for each day of the year, plotted across all available years. Click the button below to load and display the chart.

Monthly Summaries of Water Temperature

The following table shows the mean, min, and max year-month summary statistics. Select "All months" from the dropdown to show the entire series, or filter by a specific month to compare values across years. The plot shows the mean monthly temperature for each year-month combination (solid lines) with shading indicating the min and max values for that month.

Year Month Monthly Mean Monthly Min Monthly Max
2003 Aug 17.0 12.9 21.9
2003 Sep 13.1 8.8 19.0
2003 Oct 10.5 8.1 14.2
2004 Jul 17.0 13.6 20.7
2004 Aug 17.2 13.3 22.6
2004 Sep 11.4 7.7 18.3
2004 Oct 7.8 2.5 11.2
2005 Jul 14.4 10.8 20.3
2005 Aug 16.4 12.1 20.9
2005 Sep 12.0 6.9 17.9
2005 Oct 9.1 7.0 15.3
2006 Jul 16.7 13.0 22.3
2006 Aug 16.2 12.2 20.3
2006 Sep 13.1 8.4 17.8
2006 Oct 7.6 1.5 13.5
2006 Nov 1.7 0.4 2.9
Yearly Summaries of Water Temperature

The following tables show basic annual summary statistics for water temperature at this station. See the metric definitions below for details.

Basic Annual Statistics
Year Mean Annual Temp (MAT) Min Max SD Max Daily Range Day of Min Day of Max (n) Records
2003 14.6 8.1 21.9 3.1 6.6 Oct 5 Aug 10 1,561
2004 13.0 2.5 22.6 4.4 5.9 Oct 28 Aug 15 2,515
2005 13.6 6.9 20.9 3.2 6.5 Sep 24 Aug 9 2,409
2006 12.8 0.4 22.3 4.6 5.9 Nov 1 Jul 27 2,851
Custom summary metrics for aquatic ecology

The following table shows additional annual summary statistics commonly used in fisheries and aquatic science, including thermal thresholds and rolling weekly averages.

Year Maximum Weekly Avg. Mean Temps (MWAT, 7-DADA, C) Maximum Weekly Avg. Max Temps (MWMT, 7-DADM, C) Mean Aug Temp (C) Days Above 15C (n) Days Above 19C (n) 95pct Daily Mean Temp (C) (n) Records
2003 17.9 20.9 17.0 40 22 18.1 1,561
2004 19.0 22.0 17.2 50 33 18.9 2,515
2005 17.7 20.6 16.4 62 26 17.4 2,409
2006 19.2 21.9 16.2 70 27 18.7 2,851
Metric Definitions
Mean Annual Temp (MAT)
Mean annual temperature calculated from all records in the year.
Min
Minimum annual temperature recorded.
Max
Maximum annual temperature recorded.
SD
Standard deviation of yearly temperature values.
Max Daily Range
Maximum of daily range (maximum difference between the daily maximum and daily minimum temperatures).
(n) Records
Number of records in the year used to compute annual statistics.
MWAT (7-DADA)
Maximum Weekly Average Temperature. Annual maximum identified from a 7-day rolling average of daily mean temperatures.
MWMT (7-DADM)
Maximum Weekly Maximum Temperature. Annual maximum identified from a 7-day rolling average of daily maximum temperatures.
Mean Aug Temp
Annual mean of August daily mean temperatures.
Days Above 15C
Count of days where the daily maximum temperature exceeds 15°C.
Days Above 19C
Count of days where the daily maximum temperature exceeds 19°C.
95pct Daily Mean Temp
Value representing the 95th percentile of daily mean temperatures.