U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Hourly Climate Normals (1991-2020)
The U.S. Hourly Climate Normals for 1991 to 2020 provides hourly meteorological parameters for hundreds of U.S. stations located across the 50 states, as well as U.S. Territories and Commonwealths, and the Compact of Free Association nations. These stations are now largely automated, and are usually part of the Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) or Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS). The hourly normals include temperature, dew point, heat index, wind chill, wind, cloudiness, heating and cooling degree hours, pressure normals, and other statistics of these variables. Users can access the data either by product or by station. All data utilized in the computation of the 1991-2020 Climate Normals were taken from the Integrated Surface Dataset (ISD) Lite (a subset of NCEI's Integrated Surface Dataset). These source datasets (including intermediate datasets used in the computation of products) are also archived at the NOAA NCEI.
- Cite as: Palecki, Michael; Durre, Imke; Applequist, Scott; Arguez, Anothony; Lawrimore, Jay. 2021: U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Hourly Climate Normals (1991-2020). [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https/doi.org/{{DOI}}. Accessed [date].
- NCEI DSI: 2049_01
- gov.noaa.ncdc:C01622
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Distributor | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
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Dataset Principal Investigator | Michael Palecki Project Manager for Normals National Centers for Environmental Information/NOAA 8282714340 michael.palecki@noaa.gov |
Time Period | 1991-01 to 2020-12 (time interval: 1-hour) |
Spatial Reference System | urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4269 |
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S: -15.0
E: -64.0
W: 134.0
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Edition | 1.0 |
Data Presentation Form | Digital document - digital representation of a primarily textual item (can contain illustrations also) |
Dataset Progress Status | Complete - production of the data has been completed |
Data Update Frequency | As needed |
Purpose | NOAA NCEI and NOAA NWS will be primary users of this dataset. Other users include many federal, state, and local government agencies; corporations and individuals in all U.S. Economic Sectors, and the general public. The archived data will be be used to compare local climates across the United States. It will also be used to place current observations in context by allowing the calculation of anomalies (differences from normals) from a consistent reference period of record. |
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Theme keywords | Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
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Data Center keywords | Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
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Place keywords | Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
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Data Resolution keywords | Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Horizontal Data Resolution Keywords
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Lineage Statement | The Hourly Normals are generated from Integrated Surface Dataset Lite using Fortran software routines developed for the 1981-2010 normals production and updated for technical improvements. |
Processing Environment | The input files are available in an ascii format, piped to scripts and programs on normalswork-dev, and completed as *.csv files in bulk variable storage and station file storage formats. They are then validated and quality controlled, and shipped to climon-prod for shipping to archive directories and online storage directories. |
Last Modified: 2023-08-10
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