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U.S. Local Climatological Data (LCD)
Local Climatological Data (LCD) are summaries of climatological conditions from airport and other prominent weather stations managed by NWS, FAA, and DOD. The product includes hourly observations and associated remarks, and a record of hourly precipitation for the entire month. Also included are daily summaries summarizing temperature extremes, degree days, precipitation amounts and winds. The tabulated monthly summaries in the product include maximum, minimum, and average temperature, temperature departure from normal, dew point temperature, average station pressure, ceiling, visibility, weather type, wet bulb temperature, relative humidity, degree days (heating and cooling), daily precipitation, average wind speed, fastest wind speed/direction, sky cover, and occurrences of sunshine, snowfall and snow depth. The source data is global hourly (DSI 3505) which includes a number of quality control checks.
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| description | Local Climatological Data (LCD) are summaries of climatological conditions from airport and other prominent weather stations managed by NWS, FAA, and DOD. The product includes hourly observations and associated remarks, and a record of hourly precipitation for the entire month. Also included are daily summaries summarizing temperature extremes, degree days, precipitation amounts and winds. The tabulated monthly summaries in the product include maximum, minimum, and average temperature, temperature departure from normal, dew point temperature, average station pressure, ceiling, visibility, weather type, wet bulb temperature, relative humidity, degree days (heating and cooling), daily precipitation, average wind speed, fastest wind speed/direction, sky cover, and occurrences of sunshine, snowfall and snow depth. The source data is global hourly (DSI 3505) which includes a number of quality control checks. |
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| identifier | gov.noaa.ncdc:C00684 |
| issued | 2005-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
| keyword |
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"Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Surface Temperature > Maximum/Minimum Temperature",
"Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Temperature Anomalies",
"Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Degree Days",
"Earth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Precipitation Amount",
"Earth Science > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Snow Depth",
"Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Surface Winds",
"Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Radiation > Sunshine",
"Earth Science > Atmosphere > Clouds > Cloud Properties > Cloud Frequency",
"Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Surface Temperature",
"Earth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Precipitation Anomalies",
"Earth Science > Atmosphere > Air Quality > Visibility",
"Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Dew Point Temperature",
"Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Water Vapor > Water Vapor Indicators > Humidity",
"Earth Science > Atmosphere > Clouds > Cloud Properties > Cloud Ceiling",
"Continent > North America > United States Of America",
"Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Puerto Rico",
"Ocean > Atlantic Ocean > North Atlantic Ocean > Caribbean Sea > Virgin Islands",
"Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Guam",
"Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > American Samoa",
"Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Micronesia > Palau",
"Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Micronesia > Marshall Islands",
"Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Micronesia",
"Vertical Location > Land Surface",
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"DOC/NOAA/NWS > National Weather Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
"DOD/USAF > U.S. Air Force, U.S. Department of Defense",
"DOT/FAA > Federal Aviation Agency, U.S. Department of Transportation"
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| landingPage | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cdo-web/datasets |
| language |
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| license | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
| modified | 2005-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00 |
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| spatial | -64.0,-15.0,134.0,72.0 |
| temporal | 1931-01-01T00:00:00+00:00/1931-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 |
| title | U.S. Local Climatological Data (LCD) |
