Local Climatological Data (LCD) Publication

Description

Local Climatological Data (LCD) contains summaries from major airport weather stations that include a daily account of temperature extremes, degree days, precipitation amounts and winds. Also included are the hourly precipitation amounts and abbreviated 3-hourly weather observations. This is the final quality controlled copy and generally has a one to two month time lag. The local climatological data annual file is produced from the National Weather Service (NWS) first and second order stations. These data are contained in the LCD monthly and annual publications. The monthly summaries 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 annual summary with comparative data contains monthly and annual averages of the above basic climatological data in the meteorological data for the current year section, a table of the normals, means, and extremes of these same data, and sequential table of monthly and annual values of average temperature, total precipitation, total snowfall, and total degree days. Also included is a station location table showing in detail a history of, and relative information about, changes in the locations and exposure of instruments. The NCDC also archives a Preliminary Local Climatological Data manuscript that contains similar information, but is not quality controlled.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 Dynamic GIS mapping application to locate stations and data for selected layers. https://gis.ncdc.noaa.gov/map/viewer/#app=cdo&cfg=cdo&theme=hourly&layers=00000001&extent=-139.2:12.7:-50.4:57.8&node=gis
23 ArcGIS Server REST API for the dataset. https://gis.ncdc.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/cdo/lcd/MapServer
25 Direct download link for KMZ file. https://gis.ncdc.noaa.gov/kml/lcd.kmz
0 NCEI home page with information, data access and contact information. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov
0 Landing page for the dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/gov.noaa.ncdc:C00128/html
0 Search for the dataset via a text-based interface. https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/search#t=thirdTabLink
21 Informational resources for the dataset. https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/IPS/lcd/lcd.html
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 Historical publications of Local Climatological Data from U.S. stations. https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/datasets
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords

Tags

  • cloud ceiling
  • humidity
  • vertical location
  • cloud properties
  • dew point temperature
  • precipitation
  • united states of america
  • western pacific ocean
  • virgin islands
  • land surface
  • marshall islands
  • national climatic data center
  • atmospheric temperature
  • nesdis
  • precipitation amount
  • surface winds
  • cloud frequency
  • american samoa
  • atmospheric water vapor
  • atmosphere
  • continent
  • air quality
  • noaa
  • guam
  • caribbean sea
  • cryosphere
  • troposphere
  • snow depth
  • north america
  • atlantic ocean
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • visibility
  • earth science
  • sea ice
  • ocean
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
  • sunshine
  • precipitation anomalies
  • atmospheric radiation
  • central pacific ocean
  • micronesia
  • maximum/minimum temperature
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncdc
  • clouds
  • atmospheric winds
  • temperature anomalies
  • puerto rico
  • north atlantic ocean
  • pacific ocean
  • surface temperature
  • degree days
  • water vapor indicators
  • palau
  • national centers for environmental information
  • stratosphere

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