diff --git a/met/data/config/IODA2NCConfig_default b/met/data/config/IODA2NCConfig_default
index 529dd1929f..d65bd3c4c0 100644
--- a/met/data/config/IODA2NCConfig_default
+++ b/met/data/config/IODA2NCConfig_default
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ metadata_map = [
    { key = "elevation";    val = ""; }
 ];
 
-missing_thresh = [ <=-2147483648, >=10e10, ==-9999 ];
+missing_thresh = [ <=-1e9, >=1e9, ==-9999 ];
 
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