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    • U.S. Daily Gridded Precipitation and Temperature Climate Normals for 1991-2020 (NCEI Accession 0259962)

    Metadata Updated: March 1, 2025

    The U.S. Daily Gridded Climate Normals Datasets are derived from the nClimGrid-Daily Dataset newly produced by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NOAA NCEI). Climatologically aided interpolation was used to transform an extensive set of station temperature and precipitation values into grids at a high spatial resolution of 1/24° latitude/longitude, or approximately 5 km. The values for each individual grid cell change smoothly from day-to-day through the application of the same methods used to generate daily normals for observation stations. The averages of all daily gridded temperature normals are constrained by a harmonic fit to equal the monthly gridded. A moving window averaging technique is used to generate smooth daily gridded precipitation normals which are then also adjusted by month so that the sum of the days would equal the monthly gridded normals. Daily gridded climate normals are calculated for total precipitation, and maximum, minimum and average temperature for the conterminous U.S

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    Metadata Date 2025-02-21T13:22:30Z
    Metadata Created Date March 17, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date March 1, 2025
    Reference Date(s) September 27, 2022 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded

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    Harvested from NOAA/NESDIS/ncei/accessions

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date 2025-02-21T13:22:30Z
    Metadata Created Date March 17, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date March 1, 2025
    Reference Date(s) September 27, 2022 (publication)
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    Guid gov.noaa.nodc:0259962
    Access Constraints Cite as: Rennie, J. Jared; Durre, Imke; Palecki, Michael A. (2022). U.S. Daily Gridded Precipitation and Temperature Climate Normals for 1991-2020 (NCEI Accession 0259962). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/4z0k-n484. Accessed [date]., 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.
    Bbox East Long -67.02084
    Bbox North Lat 49.3542
    Bbox South Lat 24.56253
    Bbox West Long -124.6875
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    Frequency Of Update asNeeded
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    Graphic Preview File https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/gfx?id=gov.noaa.nodc:0259962
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    Harvest Source Id c084a438-6f6b-470d-93e0-16aeddb9f513
    Harvest Source Title NOAA/NESDIS/ncei/accessions
    Licence accessLevel: Public
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    Metadata Language eng
    Metadata Type geospatial
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    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 1991-01-01
    Temporal Extent End 2020-12-31

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