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The precipitation variables (i.e. HOURLYPRECIPOPTIONALFLOATINGPOINT_CENTIMETERS_ ) have a high missing rate. The missing values are marked as blanks. The majority of the data consists of blanks, but there is also a large number of records where the precipitation value is 0.

https://app.deweydata.io/data/customweather/weather-data/hourly-weather-data

Is precipitation conditionally recorded (only when rainfall occurs), or is it expected to have a value (including zero) at every time stamp?

• Are missing values used to indicate no precipitation (i.e., no rainfall event recorded)?
• Or do they represent missing/unavailable observations due to sensor or data issues?