Local Climatological Data (LCD), Version 2 (LCDv2)

Description

Local Climatological Data (LCD) v2 are summaries of climatological conditions from airport and other prominent weather stations managed by NWS, FAA, and DOD. The LCD has been provided for approximately 1000 U.S. stations since 2005. 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.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 Landing page for the dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/gov.noaa.ncdc:C01689/html
0 Description of the data and related resources. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/land-based-station/local-climatological-data
0 File search and access. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/search/data-search/local-climatological-data-v2
21 Direct download for yearly station files. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/oa/local-climatological-data/index.html#v2/access/
21 Direct download for tar.gz files. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/oa/local-climatological-data/index.html#v2/archive/
21 Direct download for the documentation. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/oa/local-climatological-data/index.html#v2/doc/
0 Superseded dataset landing page. This version should not be used as the primary research dataset. It may be appropriate to use for reproducing studies that used this earlier version. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/dcd6f3ff32d04199bad6bd29a607411f/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

Tags

  • precipitation
  • wind speed/wind direction
  • atmospheric temperature
  • surface winds
  • sea level pressure
  • atmosphere
  • earth science
  • humidity indices
  • climate indicators
  • atmospheric/ocean indicators
  • atmospheric pressure
  • atmospheric winds

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