diff --git a/doc/source/new.rst b/doc/source/new.rst
index c222dc4..905a3c3 100644
--- a/doc/source/new.rst
+++ b/doc/source/new.rst
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ v1.0.1
 - Release 1.0.1
 - Fixed issue with initialization of PolarStereographic and LatLon map 
   projection objects.
+- Fixed issue where XTIME could be included in the coordinate list of a 
+  variable, but the actual XTIME variable could be missing.  NCL allows this,
+  so wrf-python should as well.
   
 
 v1.0.0
diff --git a/src/wrf/util.py b/src/wrf/util.py
index 9762604..d5985e5 100644
--- a/src/wrf/util.py
+++ b/src/wrf/util.py
@@ -1135,7 +1135,13 @@ def _get_coord_names(wrfin, varname):
             time_coord = coord_names[2]
         except IndexError:
             time_coord = None
-            
+        else:
+            # Make sure they time variable wasn't removed
+            try:
+                _ = wrfnc.variables[time_coord]
+            except KeyError:
+                time_coord = None
+                
     return lat_coord, lon_coord, time_coord