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The impact of climatic variability on the environment is of great importance to the agricultural sector in Canada. Monitoring the impacts on water supplies, soil degradation and agricultural production is essential to the preparedness of the region in dealing with possible drought and other agroclimate risks. Derived normal climate data represent 30-year averages (1961-1990, 1971-2000, 1981-2010, 1991-2020) of climate conditions observed at a particular location. The derived normal climate data represents 30-year averages or “normals” for precipitation, temperature, growing degree days, crop heat units, frost, and dry spells. These normal trends are key to understanding agroclimate risks in Canada. These normal can be used as a baseline to compare against current conditions, and are particularly useful for monitoring drought risk.

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Name	Format	Description	Link
Pre-packaged GeoTIF Grid files (No linguistic component)	TIFF		https://agriculture.canada.ca/atlas/data_donnees/climateNormals/data_donnees/tif/
Pre-packaged Maps (English)	PDF		https://agriculture.canada.ca/atlas/data_donnees/climateNormals/maps_cartes/en/
Pre-packaged Maps (French)	PDF		https://agriculture.canada.ca/atlas/data_donnees/climateNormals/maps_cartes/fr/
Data Product Specification (English)	PDF		https://agriculture.canada.ca/atlas/data_donnees/climateNormals/supportdocument_documentdesupport/en/ISO_19131_Derived_Normal_Climate_data_-_Data_Product_Specification.pdf
Data Product Specification (French)	PDF		https://agriculture.canada.ca/atlas/data_donnees/climateNormals/supportdocument_documentdesupport/fr/Donn%c3%a9es_climatiques_normales_d%c3%a9riv%c3%a9es_-_SPC_ISO_19131.pdf

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