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    • U.S. Local Climatological Data (LCD)

    Metadata Updated: October 28, 2022

    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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    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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    Dates

    Metadata Date June 7, 2022
    Metadata Created Date October 28, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date October 28, 2022
    Reference Date(s) 2005 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update monthly

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from ncdc

    Other Data Resources

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    Local Climatological Data station locations.

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date June 7, 2022
    Metadata Created Date October 28, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date October 28, 2022
    Reference Date(s) 2005 (publication)
    Responsible Party DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.ncdc:C00684
    Access Constraints Cite this dataset when used as a source., NCDC cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NCDC makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NCDC can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCDC archives.
    Bbox East Long -64.0
    Bbox North Lat 72.0
    Bbox South Lat -15.0
    Bbox West Long 134.0
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update monthly
    Graphic Preview Description Local Climatological Data station locations.
    Graphic Preview File https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/metadata/images/noaa_logo.jpg
    Graphic Preview Type PNG
    Harvest Object Id 639c46d0-01fe-4aa2-9799-5651537b804b
    Harvest Source Id 2cb3ef77-1683-4c2a-9119-dc65e50917c6
    Harvest Source Title ncdc
    Licence
    Lineage This dataset was produced by and is archived at the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).
    Metadata Language eng; USA
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[134.0, -15.0], [-64.0, -15.0], [-64.0, 72.0], [134.0, 72.0], [134.0, -15.0]]]}
    Progress onGoing
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 1931-01-01

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