How to read temperature and precipitation observations File Names: temp_seas_verif.bi - Archive of seasonal temperature categories prec_seas_verif.bi - Archive of seasonal precipitation categories Number of Records: 169 Beginning of Record: Valid Period JFM 1995 End of Record: Valid Period JFM 2009 Type of File: Gridded Binary File Grid Resolution: 2x2 Grid Domain: 130W to 60W longitude, 20N to 56N latitude Grid Values: -1-below normal;0-near normal;1-above normal