Science activity #50201,
updated 29 April 2022
Local Climatological Data
Description / purpose
(formerly the National Climate Data Center (NCDC))
Climate Data Online (CDO) provides free access to NCEI's archive of global historical weather and climate data in addition to station history information. These data include quality controlled daily, monthly, seasonal, and yearly measurements of temperature, precipitation, wind, and degree days as well as radar data and 30-year Climate Normals.
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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- 1 Awarded / Initiating (2015)
- 2 In progress / Ongoing (2015 - 2019)
- 3 Complete
Funding summary
Total allocated funding: $0
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Products and outputs
Type | Title | Description | Views |
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Climate Data Online | Climate Data Online (CDO) provides free access to | 10 | |
Climate Data Online: Daily Summaries Interactive Map | Global Historical Climate Network includes daily l | 4 | |
Local Climatological Data (LCD) Dataset Documentation | This document outlines the metadata associated wit | 4 | |
Local Climatological Data (LCD) Interactive Map | Provides users a link to data from specific statio | 1 |
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