U.S. Daily Climate Normals (1981-2010)

Dataset Identification:

Resource Abstract:
The U.S. Daily Climate Normals for 1981 to 2010 are 30-year averages of meteorological parameters for thousands of U.S. stations located across the 50 states, as well as U.S. territories, commonwealths, the Compact of Free Association nations, and one station in Canada. 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. As many NWS stations as possible are used, including those from the NWS Cooperative Observer Program (COOP) Network as well as some additional stations that have a Weather Bureau Army-Navy (WBAN) station identification number, including stations from the Climate Reference Network (CRN). The comprehensive U.S. Climate Normals dataset includes various derived products including daily air temperature normals (including maximum and minimum temperature normal, heating and cooling degree day normal, and others), precipitation normals (including snowfall and snow depth, percentiles, frequencies and other), and hourly normals (all normal derived from hourly data including temperature, dew point, heat index, wind chill, wind, cloudiness, heating and cooling degree hours, pressure normals). Users can access the data either by product or by station. Included in the dataset is extensive documentation to describe station metadata, filename descriptions, and methodology of producing the data. All data utilized in the computation of the 1981-2010 Climate Normals were taken from the ISD Lite (a subset of derived Integrated Surface Data), the Global Historical Climatology Network-Daily dataset, and standardized monthly temperature data (COOP). These source datasets (including intermediate datasets used in the computation of products) are also archived at the NOAA NCDC.
Citation
Title U.S. Daily Climate Normals (1981-2010)
alternateTitle  Normals Daily
publication  Date   2011-07-01
revision  Date   2011-09-01
revision  Date   2012-08-04
revision  Date   2015-08-21
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cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
position Name User Engagement and Services Branch
Contact information
Telephone
Voice +1 (828) 271-4800
Fax +1 (828) 271-4876
Address
151 Patton AvenueVeach-Baley Federal Building, Room 468, Asheville, NC, 28801-5001 Country USA
electronic Mail Address ncei.orders@noaa.gov
hoursOfService 8:00 - 6:00 Eastern
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
position Name User Engagement and Services Branch
Contact information
Telephone
Voice +1 828-271-4800
Fax +1 828-271-4876
Address
Federal Building, Room 468151 Patton Avenue, Asheville, NC, 28801-5001 Country USA
electronic Mail Address ncei.orders@noaa.gov
hoursOfService 8:00 - 6:00 Eastern
cited responsible party -
organisation Name  
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
name US Climate Normals Dataset Access Page
URL: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/land-based-station-data/climate-normals/1981-2010-normals-data
protocol HTTP
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Description Information and resources for the US Climate Normals 1981-2010 dataset.
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Topic Category:  climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Keywords:
Theme keywords (theme):
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > MAXIMUM/MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > LIQUID PRECIPITATION > RAIN
EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > DEGREE DAYS
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Title Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science and Services Keywords
revision  Date   2015-08-04
Edition Version 8.1
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GCMD > Global Change Master Directory, Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
name NASA GCMD Keyword Community Page
URL: https://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/learn/keywords.html
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product Keywords
Land Surface
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Title Keyword Thesaurus Title
publication  Date   2015
Edition Keyword Thesaurus Edition
cited responsible party - publisher
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Contact information
Linkage for online resource
name NOAA NOAA Environmental Data Management Wiki: MD Keywords
URL: https://geo-ide.noaa.gov/wiki/index.php?title=MD_Keywords
protocol HTTP
link function information
Description Instructions and examples for ISO keywords.
target application profile  Web Browser
Location keywords:
PUERTO RICO
CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
VIRGIN ISLANDS
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Title Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
revision  Date   2015-04-07
Edition Version 8.1
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GCMD > Global Change Master Directory, Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
name NASA GCMD Keyword Community Page
URL: https://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/learn/keywords.html
protocol HTTPS
link function information
Description Overview of the NASA GCMD Keywords.
target application profile  Web Browser
Stratum keywords:
VERTICAL LOCATION > LAND SURFACE
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Title Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
revision  Date   2015-04-07
Edition Version 8.1
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GCMD > Global Change Master Directory, Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
name NASA GCMD Keyword Community Page
URL: https://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/learn/keywords.html
protocol HTTPS
link function information
Description Overview of the NASA GCMD Keywords.
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instrument Keywords
THERMOMETERS
RAIN GAUGES
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Title Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Instrument Keywords
revision  Date   2015-10-02
Edition Version 8.1
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GCMD > Global Change Master Directory, Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
name NASA GCMD Keyword Community Page
URL: https://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/learn/keywords.html
protocol HTTPS
link function information
Description Overview of the NASA GCMD Keywords.
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platform Keywords
METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS
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Title Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Platform Keywords
revision  Date   2015-09-23
Edition Version 8.1
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GCMD > Global Change Master Directory, Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
name NASA GCMD Keyword Community Page
URL: https://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/learn/keywords.html
protocol HTTPS
link function information
Description Overview of the NASA GCMD Keywords.
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dataResolution Keywords
H : Point Resolution
V : Point Resolution
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Title Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Resolution Keywords
revision  Date   2013-03-19
Edition Version 8.1
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GCMD > Global Change Master Directory, Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
name NASA GCMD Keyword Community Page
URL: https://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/learn/keywords.html
protocol HTTPS
link function information
Description Overview of the NASA GCMD Keywords.
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dataCenter Keywords
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
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Title Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
revision  Date   2015-10-02
Edition Version 8.1
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GCMD > Global Change Master Directory, Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
name NASA GCMD Keyword Community Page
URL: https://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/learn/keywords.html
protocol HTTPS
link function information
Description Overview of the NASA GCMD Keywords.
target application profile  Web Browser
Theme keywords (theme):
Climatology
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Title Science Domain > Climatology
publication  Date   2018-12-15
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Theme keywords (theme):
METEOROLOGICAL STATION
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Title Equipment > Platform
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Theme keywords (theme):
NOAA
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC
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Title Organization > GOVERNMENT AGENCIES-U.S. FEDERAL AGENCIES
publication  Date   2018-12-15
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Theme keywords (theme):
Averaging
Indexing
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Title Method > information processing
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Theme keywords (theme):
Land Surface
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Title Realm > Earth Surface
publication  Date   2018-12-15
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Theme keywords (theme):
Temperature
Frequency
Pressure
Centered
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Title Property > Measure
publication  Date   2018-12-15
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Meteorology
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Title Science Domain > Atmospheric Sciences
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Dataset
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RAIN GAUGE
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Title Equipment > Instrument
publication  Date   2018-12-15
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Theme keywords (theme):
National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Department of Commerce
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Title Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Corporate Names
publication  Date   2018-12-15
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Precipitation
Snow
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Title Process > Atmospheric Process
publication  Date   2018-12-15
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purpose:
Climate Normals are a suite of products that provide users with the means to understand typical climate conditions for thousands of locations across the United States. These Normals are intended to be used for applications requiring a daily timescale.
Browse image (thumbnail):
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file type: JPEG
thumbnail file description:  NOAA 1981-2010 U.S. Climate Normals
Resource language:  eng; USA
Resource progress code:  completed
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:  asNeeded
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
use constraint:  otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Users must cite this dataset 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].
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
use constraint:  otherRestrictions
Other constraints
NCEI 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. NCEI makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. 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.
Resource extent
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude  172.0
eastBoundLongitude  -65.0
northBoundLatitude  72.0
southBoundLatitude  15.0
Temporal Extent
1981-01-01 2010-12-31
point of contact - pointOfContact
organisation Name  DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
position Name Customer Engagement Branch
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1-828-271-4800
Fax 1-828-271-4876
Address
151 Patton AvenueVeach-Baley Federal Building, Room 468, Asheville, NC, 28801-5001 Country USA
electronic Mail Address ncei.orders@noaa.gov
Linkage for online resource
name NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
URL: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov
protocol HTTPS
link function information
Description NCEI home page with information, data access and contact information.
target application profile  Web Browser
hoursOfService 8:00 - 6:00 Eastern
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Scope of quality information
scope level  dataset
Resource lineage description
Lineage statement
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).

Scope of quality information
scope level  repository
Level Description
other component described  NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Resource lineage description

Resource distribution information

Distributor
distributor contact - distributor
organisation Name  DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
position Name Customer Engagement Branch
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1-828-271-4800
Fax 1-828-271-4876
Address
151 Patton AvenueVeach-Baley Federal Building, Room 468, Asheville, NC, 28801-5001 Country USA
electronic Mail Address ncei.orders@noaa.gov
Linkage for online resource
name NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
URL: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov
protocol HTTPS
link function information
Description NCEI home page with information, data access and contact information.
target application profile  Web Browser
hoursOfService 8:00 - 6:00 Eastern
Standard ordering process
fees In most cases, electronic downloads of the data are free, however fees may apply for data certifications, copies of analog materials, and data distribution on physical media.
Format
Format name CSV
Format version 
Format
Format name TSV
Format version 
Format
Format name fixed-length ASCII text
Format version 
Format
Format name ArcGIS
Format version 
Format
Format name KMZ
Format version 
Format
Format name PDF
Format version 
Digital Transfer Options
Linkage for online resource
name Normals Daily Description
URL: https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.ncdc:C00823
protocol HTTP
link function information
Description Daily climate normals are computed for the 30 year period from 1981 to 2010 for U.S. stations. Values include temperature, degree days, precipitation, snowfall, frost/freeze dates, climate probabilities and statistics.
target application profile  Description
Linkage for online resource
name Climate Normals FTP Server
URL: ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/1981-2010/
protocol FTP
link function search
Description Dataset files available for download via FTP.
target application profile  Download
Linkage for online resource
name NCEI Climate Data Online Data Search
URL: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/search?datasetid=NORMAL_DLY
protocol HTTP
link function search
Description Search for the dataset via a text-based interface.
target application profile  Data Search Application
Linkage for online resource
name NCEI Climate Data Online Map Server
URL: https://gis.ncdc.noaa.gov/maps/ncei/normals&layers=01
protocol HTTP
link function search
Description Dynamic GIS mapping application to locate stations and data for selected layers.
target application profile  Map Search Application
Linkage for online resource
name NCEI ArcGIS REST Services Directory
URL: https://gis.ncdc.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/cdo/normals/MapServer
protocol HTTP
link function download
Description ArcGIS Server REST API for the dataset.
target application profile  REST
Linkage for online resource
name KMZ file for dataset
URL: https://gis.ncdc.noaa.gov/kml/normal_dly.kmz
protocol HTTP
link function download
Description Direct download link for KMZ file.
target application profile  KML
Linkage for online resource
name NCEI Dataset Documentation
URL: https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/cdo/documentation/NORMAL_DLY_documentation.pdf
protocol HTTP
link function information
Description Documentation of the dataset including a data description, format layout and definitions.
target application profile  Documentation
Linkage for online resource
name Daily Climate Normals PDF Sample
URL: https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/cdo/samples/NORMAL_DLY_sample_pdf.pdf
protocol HTTP
link function download
Description This sample data file shows how the data are formatted in PDF and is for example purposes only.
target application profile  Sample
Linkage for online resource
name Daily Climate Normals CSV Sample
URL: https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/cdo/samples/NORMAL_DLY_sample_csv.csv
protocol HTTP
link function download
Description This sample data file shows how the data are formatted in CSV and is for example purposes only.
target application profile  Sample
Linkage for online resource
name Daily Climate Normals fixed-length ASCII Sample
URL: https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/cdo/samples/NORMAL_DLY_sample_ascii.dat
protocol HTTP
link function download
Description This sample data file shows how the data are formatted in fixed-length ASCII text and is for example purposes only.
target application profile  Sample
Linkage for online resource
name README for Climate Normals
URL: https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/1981-2010/readme.txt
protocol HTTP
link function information
Description README describing the 1981-2010 Climate Normals.
target application profile  Documentation
Linkage for online resource
name STATUS document for the 1981-2010 Climate Normals
URL: https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/1981-2010/status.txt
protocol HTTP
link function information
Description Status of the 1981-2010 Climate Normals.
target application profile  Web Browser

Metadata data stamp:  2017-04-24
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:  asNeeded
notes: Bulk metadata change applied on 2017-04-24. See version control repository history for metadata change details.
Metadata contact - pointOfContact
organisation Name  DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
position Name ISO 19115 Metadata Contact
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1-828-271-4800
Fax 1-828-271-4876
Address
151 Patton AvenueVeach-Baley Federal Building, Room 468, Asheville, NC, 28801-5001 Country USA
electronic Mail Address ncei.orders@noaa.gov
Linkage for online resource
name NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
URL: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov
protocol HTTPS
link function information
Description NCEI home page with information, data access and contact information.
target application profile  Web Browser
hoursOfService 8:00 - 6:00 Eastern
Metadata scope code  dataset
Metadata language  eng; USA
Metadata character set encoding:   utf8
Metadata standard for this record:  ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data
standard version:  ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
Metadata record identifier:  gov.noaa.ncdc:C00823

Metadata record format is ISO19139-2 XML (MI_Metadata)