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    • U.S. Climate Normals Product Suite (1981-2010)

    Metadata Updated: January 1, 2024

    The NOAA Climate Normals are a large suite of data products that provide users with many tools to understand typical climate conditions for thousands of locations across the United States, including the 30-year normals, 5, 10, 15, 20-year normals, agricultural normals, and others. For nearly 100 years, the 30-year NOAA Climate Normals have been a premier NOAA product of 30-year-averages of meteorological parameters. The 1981-2010 Climate Normals Product Suite has been expanded to meet more user needs and requirements spanning many different industries, including agriculture, heating and cooling, construction, and others. To ensure both quality and completeness, hundreds of NWS stations meeting stringent criteria are used, including those from NWS's Cooperative Observer Program (COOP) Network, some additional stations are included in the Supplemental Climate Normals for 1981-2010.

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    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Date December 13, 2023
    Metadata Created Date February 3, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date January 1, 2024
    Reference Date(s) July 1, 2011 (publication), September 1, 2011 (revision), August 4, 2012 (revision), January 2, 2013 (revision), August 17, 2015 (revision), August 21, 2011 (revision)
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded

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    Harvested from ncdc

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    NOAA 1981-2010 U.S. Climate Normals

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date December 13, 2023
    Metadata Created Date February 3, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date January 1, 2024
    Reference Date(s) July 1, 2011 (publication), September 1, 2011 (revision), August 4, 2012 (revision), January 2, 2013 (revision), August 17, 2015 (revision), August 21, 2011 (revision)
    Responsible Party NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.ncdc:C00820
    Access Constraints Cite as: Anthony Arguez, Imke Durre, Scott Applequist, Mike Squires, Russell Vose, Xungang Yin, and Rocky Bilotta (2010). NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals (1981-2010). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. DOI:10.7289/V5PN93JP [access date]., Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. If appropriate, NCEI can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCEI archives., Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose.
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    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded
    Graphic Preview Description NOAA 1981-2010 U.S. Climate Normals
    Graphic Preview File https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/metadata/images/1981-2010_ClimateNormals.jpg
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    Licence
    Lineage NOAA's 1981-2010 Climate Normals are the newest iteration of the U.S. Climate Normals. Though previous versions of the normals are still available from the archive, the 1981-2010 Climate Normals should be used for all current applications. Computation of the NOAA Climate Normals is in accordance with the recommendation of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), of which the United States is a member. While the WMO mandates each member nation to compute 30-year averages of meteorological quantities at least every 30 years (1931 - 1960, 1961 - 1990, 1991 - 2020, etc.), the WMO recommends a decadal update, in part to incorporate newer weather stations. Further, the NOAA NCDC has a responsibility to fulfill the mandate of Congress "... to establish and record the climatic conditions of the United States." This responsibility stems from a provision of the Organic Act of October 1, 1890, which established the Weather Bureau as a civilian agency (15 U.S.C. 311).
    Metadata Language eng; USA
    Metadata Type geospatial
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    Progress completed
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 1981-01-01
    Temporal Extent End 2010-12-31

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