bash file to download surface station weather data from NOAA's National Climatic Data Center

download_weatherData.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Script to download weather data

STATION='726228-99999'
STARTYEAR=1973
ENDYEAR=2005

USER='ftp'
PASSWD='[email protected]'
HOST='ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov'
YEAR=($(seq $STARTYEAR $ENDYEAR))
DOWNDIR="/home/cal/Documents/GradSchool/Classes/Fall2016/EnvirClim/Project/WeatherData/GZ"
echo $YEAR

for i in "${YEAR[@]}"; do
	CURYEAR=$i
	CURFILE=$STATION"-"$CURYEAR".gz"
	echo $CURFILE
	ftp -in $HOST <<-SCRIPTEND
	user $USER $PASSWD
	passive
	lcd $DOWNDIR
	cd /pub/data/noaa
	cd $CURYEAR
	get $CURFILE
	quit
	SCRIPTEND
done