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U.S. Local Climatological Data (LCD)

Published by DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Catalog Last Checked: April 12, 2026 at 09:13 PM | Dataset Last Updated: January 01, 2005 at 12:00 AM
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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  • U.S. Local Climatological Data (LCD) Landing Page

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  • Local Climatological Data Search

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  • NCEI Climate Data Online Map Server

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  • NCEI ArcGIS REST Services Directory

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  • KMZ file for dataset

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  • Local Climatological Data Sample (PDF)

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  • Local Climatological Data Sample (CSV)

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  • Local Climatological Data Sample (ASCII)

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  • Local Climatological Data Documentation

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  • Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords

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  • Local Climatological Data (LCD) Description

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  • NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)

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    "description": "The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords.",
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    "description": "Local Climatological Data is a monthly summary consisting of: 1) Summary sheet containing daily extremes and averages of temperature , departures from normal, average dew point and wet bulb temperatures, degree days, significant weather, precipitation, snowfall, snow depth, station and sea level pressure, and average and extreme wind speeds; 2) Hourly observations of most of these same weather elements plus sky conditions and visibility; 3) Hourly coded remarks; and 4) Hourly Precipitation table. The LCD is provided for approximately 1000 U.S. stations since 2005.",
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issued 2005-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00
keyword 
                                            [
  "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",
  "DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
  "DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
  "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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language 
                                            []
license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
modified 2005-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00
publisher 
                                            {
  "name": "DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
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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)

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