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Temperature Severity Indicators

Published by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development | Department of Housing and Urban Development | Catalog Last Checked: March 12, 2026 at 11:22 AM | Dataset Last Updated: August 11, 2023 at 02:54 PM
The Temperature Severity Indicator data distills observational information of prolonged temperature events in the contiguous United States to inform housing and community development policy, planning, and decision making. The indicators, conveyed as a grid of 1-degree latitude by 1-degree longitude cells, are created from observational data (Berkeley Earth Lab gridded daily maximum and minimum temperature ) and consider the frequency, intensity, and duration of extreme heat and extreme cold weather events that occurred in the US between 1913 and 2012.

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