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    • Change in Growing Degree Days in the Contiguous 48 States, 1948–2020

    Metadata Updated: February 25, 2025

    This map shows trends in the total number of growing degree days per year at 305 weather stations . The color and size of the symbols represent percent change between 1948 and 2020, based on the long-term average rate of change. For more information: https://www.epa.gov/climatechange/science/indicators.

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    Metadata Date June 17, 2021
    Metadata Created Date February 25, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 25, 2025
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    Harvested from Environmental Dataset Gateway ISO Geospatial Metadata

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date June 17, 2021
    Metadata Created Date February 25, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 25, 2025
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    Responsible Party U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation (Publisher)
    Contact Email
    Guid 1D491D99-DB00-4B86-BA56-89836ABBF382
    Access Constraints https://edg.epa.gov/EPA_Data_License.html
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    Bbox North Lat 48.9672
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    Licence None. Please check sources, scale, accuracy, currency and other available information. Please confirm that you are using the most recent copy of both data and metadata. Acknowledgement of the EPA would be appreciated.
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