gov.noaa.ncdc:C00045 eng; USA utf8 dataset DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce ISO 19115 Metadata Contact 1-828-271-4800 1-828-271-4876 151 Patton Avenue Veach-Baley Federal Building, Room 468 Asheville NC 28801-5001 USA ncei.orders@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov HTTPS Web Browser NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) NCEI home page with information, data access and contact information. information 8:00 - 6:00 Eastern pointOfContact 2026-01-12T20:46:13 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) Typical Meteorological Year (Version Superseded) SOLMET TMY Data; Hourly Solar Radiation--Surface Meteorological Observations 1981-05 publication NCEI DSI 9734_01 gov.noaa.ncdc:C00045 DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Customer Engagement Branch 1-828-271-4800 1-828-271-4876 151 Patton Avenue Veach-Baley Federal Building, Room 468 Asheville NC 28801-5001 USA ncei.orders@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov HTTPS Web Browser NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) NCEI home page with information, data access and contact information. information 8:00 - 6:00 Eastern publisher DOE > Sandia Laboratories author DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce resourceProvider tableDigital This dataset has been superseded by newer versions. Please see Associated Resources for more information. Typical Meteorological Year (TMY) is a digital data set archived at the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Solar radiation and surface meteorological data recorded on an hourly basis are included in this file. These data cover recording periods from January 1953 through December 1975 for 26 data rehabilitation stations, although the recording periods for some stations may differ. The TMY files comprise specific calendar months selected from the entire recorded span for a given station as the most representative or typical, for that station and month. For example, a single January is chosen from the 23 Januarys for which data are recorded from 1953 through 1975 on the basis of its being most nearly like the composite of all 23 Januarys. Thus, for a given station, January of 1967 might be selected as the typical meteorological month after all of the other 22 Januarys. This process is pursued for each of the other calendar months, and the twelve months chosen then constitute the TMY. The major parameters in this file are solar time, extraterrestrial radiation (RAD), direct radiation, diffuse radiation, net radiation, tilt radiation, observed radiation, engineering corrected radiation, standard year corrected radiation, sunshine, sky condition, visibility, weather, pressure, temperature and snow cover. To meet the requirement for weather data collections suitable for use with building energy-load computer programs, to represent the long-term climatic mean conditions for a particular location. 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It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. information publisher Metadata_Not_Published Limited period of record (1953-1975); Limited number of stations (26 U.S. stations). National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) hosts an updated dataset, TMY3 (2008), which is based on more recent and accurate data--it will make possible more accurate performance and economic analyses of energy systems> TMY3 data set is recommended for use in place of earlier TMY data sets (TMY, 1981--this data) and (TMY2, 1995). See "Associated resources". otherRestrictions Cite as: National Climatic Center (1981): Typical Meteorological Year, DSI-9734. [indicate subset used] NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. [access date] otherRestrictions Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. 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NOAA Typical Meteorological Year (TMY) 2026 publication NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information publisher https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/typical-meteorological-year Web Browser NOAA Typical Meteorological Year (TMY) NOAA web service to calculate the Typical Meteorological Year (TMY) for a given user input. information crossReference collection 1961- 1990: Typical Meteorological Year 2 1995 publication National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL's) Analytic Studies Division resourceProvider https://nsrdb.nrel.gov/data-sets/archives Web Browser 1961- 1990: Typical Meteorological Year 2 Typical meteorological year (TMY2) data sets derived from the 1961-1990 National Solar Radiation Data Base (NSRDB). information crossReference collection 1991- 2005: Typical Meteorological Year 3 2008 publication National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL's) Analytic Studies Division resourceProvider https://nsrdb.nrel.gov/data-sets/archives Web Browser 1991- 2005: Typical Meteorological Year 3 Typical meteorological year (TMY3) data sets derived from the 1991-2005 National Solar Radiation Data Base (NSRDB). information crossReference collection textTable eng; USA climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere 1 -125 -66 24 50 ground condition 1953-01-01 1975-12-31 1 DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Customer Engagement Branch 1-828-271-4800 1-828-271-4876 151 Patton Avenue Veach-Baley Federal Building, Room 468 Asheville NC 28801-5001 USA ncei.orders@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov HTTPS Web Browser NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) NCEI home page with information, data access and contact information. information 8:00 - 6:00 Eastern distributor 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. XML 1 https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.ncdc:C00045 HTTPS Description Typical Meteorological Year (Version Superseded) Landing Page Dataset landing page with general information and access links for the dataset. information DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Customer Engagement Branch 1-828-271-4800 1-828-271-4876 151 Patton Avenue Veach-Baley Federal Building, Room 468 Asheville NC 28801-5001 USA ncei.orders@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov HTTPS Web Browser NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) NCEI home page with information, data access and contact information. information 8:00 - 6:00 Eastern distributor 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. 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Please contact NCEI Information Services directly for access to these data. offlineAccess DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Customer Engagement Branch 1-828-271-4800 1-828-271-4876 151 Patton Avenue Veach-Baley Federal Building, Room 468 Asheville NC 28801-5001 USA ncei.orders@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov HTTPS Web Browser NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) NCEI home page with information, data access and contact information. information 8:00 - 6:00 Eastern distributor PDF https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/metadata/documents/C00045_TD-9734-TMY-manual-1981.pdf HTTPS Web Browser Typical Meteorological Year User's Manual TD - 9734 Data documentation manual from May 1981, published by the National Climatic Center. information dataset The Typical Meteorological Year (TMY) data were produced under contract to the Department of Energy by a number of organizations. The "rehabilitated" solar radiation data for 26 locations and all meteorological data were supplied by the National Climatic Data Center, the modeled (ERSATZ) solar radiation data were developed by the Air Resources Laboratory/NOAA, the TMY data for the 26 "rehabilitated" locations were developed by Sandia Laboratories, and the TMY data for all other locations were produced by EG&G of Los Alamos, New Mexico. processor Solar and meteorological data were derived for SOLMET data, NCEI DSI 9724_01 Hourly Solar and Meteorological Data (SOLMET) gov.noaa.ncdc:C00047 DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce distributor https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.ncdc:C00047 HTTPS Web Browser Hourly Solar and Meteorological Data (SOLMET) Landing Page for Hourly Solar and Meteorological Data (SOLMET) information repository NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information 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. 2015-04-22T00:00:00 asNeeded Bulk metadata change applied on 2018-11-05. See version control repository history for metadata change details.