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Title:
U.S. Annual/Seasonal Climate Normals (1981-2010)
Alternate title:
Normals Annual/Seasonal
Date:
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Date:
2011-07-01
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2012-08-04
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2015-08-21
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Anchor: xlink: https://doi.org/10.7289/V5PN93JP title: DOI
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Durre, Imke
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Applequist, Scott
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Vose, Russell
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Yin, Xungang
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The U.S. Annual Climate Normals for 1981 to 2010 are 30-year averages of meteorological parameters that
provide users with many tools to understand typical climate conditions for thousands of locations across the
United States, as well as U.S. territories, commonwealths, the Compact of Free Association nations, and one
station in Canada. 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
Annual Climate Normals dataset includes various derived products such as 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). 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.
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 an annual or seasonal timescale.
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Cite as: Anthony Arguez, Imke Durre, Scott Applequist, Mike Squires, Russell Vose, Xungang Yin, and Rocky
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Title:
U.S. Climate Normals Product Suite (1981-2010)
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DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
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Supplemental Information:
Includes Supplemental Normals released 2012-10-15
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STATUS document for the 1981-2010 Climate Normals
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Status of the 1981-2010 Climate Normals.
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information
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Online:
Online Resource:
Linkage:
URL:
https://registry.opendata.aws/noaa-climate-normals/
Protocol:
HTTPS
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Information
Name:
Registry of Open Data on AWS
Description:
Information on AWS data access.
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information
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Units of distribution:
Region: us-east-1
Online:
Online Resource:
Linkage:
URL:
https://noaa-normals-pds.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html#normals-annualseasonal/1981-2010/
Protocol:
HTTPS
Application profile:
Download
Name:
AWS S3 Explorer (Region: us-east-1)
Description:
Browse view to explore the S3 bucket.
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download
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Units of distribution:
Region: us-east
Online:
Online Resource:
Linkage:
URL:
https://microsoft.github.io/AIforEarthDataSets/data/noaa-climatenormals.html
Protocol:
HTTPS
Application profile:
Information
Name:
Azure Landing Page (Region: us-east)
Description:
Information on Microsoft Azure data access.
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information
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Data quality info:
Data quality:
Scope:
Scope:
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dataset
Extent: xlink: #boundingExtent
Lineage:
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).
Process step:
Process Step:
Description:
2011-07-01 - 1981-2010 Climate Normals released.
Date and time:
2011-07-01T00:00:00
Processor:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Role:
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processor
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Description:
2011-09-01 - Precipitation values for 30-year Climate Normals replaced. For more information, please
refer to documentation.
Date and time:
2011-09-01T00:00:00
Processor:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Role:
Role code:
processor
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Description:
2012-08-04 - Service Pack 1 for 30-year Climate Normals released. For more information, please refer
to documentation.
Date and time:
2012-08-04T00:00:00
Processor:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Role:
Role code:
processor
Process step:
Process Step:
Description:
2015-08-21 - Service Pack 2 for the 30-year Climate Normals released. For more information, please
refer to documentation.
Date and time:
2015-08-21T00:00:00
Processor:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Role:
Role code:
processor
Source:
Source:
Description:
More information about the Lineage and Source datasets used in the Climate Normals product can be
found at the 1981-2010 Climate Normals Product Suite Landing Page
Source citation:
Citation:
Title:
U.S. Climate Normals Product Suite (1981-2010)
Date:
missing
Cited responsible party:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
Role:
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publisher
Cited responsible party:
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Organisation name:
missing
Contact info:
Contact:
Online Resource:
Online Resource:
Linkage:
URL:
https://doi.org/10.7289/V5PN93JP
Protocol:
HTTPS
Application profile:
Web Browser
Name:
U.S. Climate Normals Product Suite (1981-2010) Landing Page
Description:
For more information about the entire suite of Climate Normals products and
documentation, please view the Climate Normals Product Suite (1981-2010) Landing Page
Function:
Online function code:
information
Role:
missing
Source extent:
Extent:
Temporal element:
Temporal extent:
Extent:
Time period:
Begin date:
1981-01-01
End date:
2010-12-31
Source step: xlink: ps001
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Data quality info:
Data quality:
Scope:
Scope:
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repository
Level description:
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Other:
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Lineage:
Lineage:
Process step:
Process Step:
Description:
NOAA created the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) by merging NOAA's National
Climatic Data Center (NCDC), National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), and National Oceanographic
Data Center (NODC), including the National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC), per the
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Public Law 113-235. NCEI launched
publicly on April 22, 2015.
Date and time:
2015-04-22T00:00:00
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Metadata maintenance:
Maintenance information:
Maintenance and update frequency:
Maintenance frequency code:
asNeeded
Maintenance note:
Bulk metadata change applied on 2023-07-03. See version control repository history for metadata change details.
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Acquisition:
Acquisition Information:
Instrument:
Instrument:
Identifier:
Identifier:
Code:
RAIN GAUGES
Type:
missing
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THERMOMETERS
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missing
Platform:
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Code:
METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS
Description:
missing
Instrument:
missing
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