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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). In addition to the standard set of normals, users also can find "agricultural normals", which are used in many industries, including but not limited to construction, architecture, pest control, etc. These supplemental "agricultural normals" include frost-freeze date probabilities, growing degree day normals, probabilities of reaching minimum temperature thresholds, and growing season length 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. 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 monthly timescale. 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It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. information publisher otherRestrictions Cite 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]. 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. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. If appropriate, 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. otherRestrictions Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose. NOAA's 1981-2010 U.S. Climate Normals: Monthly Precipitation, Snowfall, and Snow Depth 2013-11-01 publication Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology publisher DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce originator https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-13-051.1 Web Browser NOAA's 1981-2010 U.S. Climate Normals: Monthly Precipitation, Snowfall, and Snow Depth (Science Paper) Imke Durre, Michael F. Squires, Russell S. 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CSV TSV fixed-length ASCII text ArcGIS KMZ PDF https://doi.org/10.7289/V5PN93JP HTTPS Landing Page NCEI Dataset Landing Page Landing page for the dataset. information https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/normals-monthly/1981-2010/ Download Climate Normals HTTPS Server Dataset files available via direct download. download https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/search/data-search/normals-monthly HTTPS Data Search Application NCEI Climate Data Online Data Search Search for the dataset via a text-based interface. search https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/maps/normals/?layers=00000000000001 HTTPS Map Search Application NCEI Climate Data Online Map Server Dynamic GIS mapping application to locate stations and data for selected layers. search https://gis.ncdc.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/cdo/normals/MapServer HTTPS REST NCEI ArcGIS REST Services Directory ArcGIS Server REST API for the dataset. download https://gis.ncdc.noaa.gov/kml/normal_mly.kmz HTTPS KML KMZ file for dataset Direct download link for KMZ file. download https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/normals-monthly/doc/NORMAL_MLY_documentation.pdf HTTPS Documentation NCEI Dataset Documentation Documentation of the dataset including a data description, format layout and definitions. information https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/normals-monthly/doc/NORMAL_MLY_sample.pdf HTTPS Sample Monthly Climate Normals PDF Sample This sample data file shows how the data are formatted in PDF and is for example purposes only. download https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/normals-monthly/doc/NORMAL_MLY_sample.csv HTTPS Sample Monthly Climate Normals CSV Sample This sample data file shows how the data are formatted in CSV and is for example purposes only. download https://registry.opendata.aws/noaa-climate-normals/ HTTPS Information Registry of Open Data on AWS Information on AWS data access. information Region: us-east-1 https://noaa-normals-pds.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html#normals-monthly/1981-2010/ HTTPS Download AWS S3 Explorer (Region: us-east-1) Browse view to explore the S3 bucket. download Region: us-east https://microsoft.github.io/AIforEarthDataSets/data/noaa-climatenormals.html HTTPS Information Azure Landing Page (Region: us-east) Information on Microsoft Azure data access. information dataset 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). 2011-07-01 - 1981-2010 Climate Normals released. 2011-07-01T00:00:00 DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce processor 2011-09-01 - Precipitation values for 30-year Climate Normals replaced. For more information, please refer to documentation. 2011-09-01T00:00:00 DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce processor 2012-08-04 - Service Pack 1 for 30-year Climate Normals released. For more information, please refer to documentation. 2012-08-04T00:00:00 DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce processor 2015-08-21 - Service Pack 2 for the 30-year Climate Normals released. For more information, please refer to documentation. 2015-08-21T00:00:00 DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce processor 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 U.S. Climate Normals Product Suite (1981-2010) DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce publisher https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/gov.noaa.ncdc:C00820/html HTTPS Web Browser U.S. Climate Normals Product Suite (1981-2010) Landing Page For more information about the entire suite of Climate Normals products and documentation, please view the Climate Normals Product Suite (1981-2010) Landing Page information 1981-01-01 2010-12-31 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. 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