diff --git a/noaa_coops/station.py b/noaa_coops/station.py
index 9b1e651..134b200 100644
--- a/noaa_coops/station.py
+++ b/noaa_coops/station.py
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ def get_data(
 
         # Try to convert strings to numeric values where possible
         for col in df.columns:
-            df[col] = pd.to_numeric(df[col], errors="ignore")
+            df[col] = pd.to_numeric(df[col])
 
         df = df[~df.index.duplicated(keep="first")]
         self.data = df