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https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/1008#issuecomment-248171030 https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/1008 248171030 MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDI0ODE3MTAzMA== 1217238 2016-09-20T00:48:01Z 2016-09-20T00:48:01Z MEMBER

OK, that makes sense. I agree, we could keep such arrays as float32. We don't need to guard against overflow when only decoding a _FillValue.

If you're interested in taking a look at a fix, this is where the current logic is: https://github.com/pydata/xarray/blob/551a7bca7b42a6d6db976b01d2eee1131735785d/xarray/conventions.py#L795-L802

 
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