U.S. Climate Divisional Dataset (Version Superseded)

Description

This data has been superseded by a newer version of the dataset. Please refer to NOAA's Climate Divisional Database for more information. The U.S. Climate Divisional Dataset provides data access to current U.S. temperature, precipitation and drought indeces. Divisional indices included are: Precipitation Index, Palmer Drought Severity Index, Palmer Hydrological Drought Index, Modified Palmer Drought Severity Index, Temperature, Palmer Z Index, Cooling Degree Days, Heating Degree Days, 1-Month Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI), 2-Month (SPI), 3-Month (SPI), 6-Month (SPI),12-Month (SPI) and the 24-Month (SPI). All of these Indices, except for the SPI, are available for Regional, State and National views as well. There are 344 climate divisions in the CONUS. For each climate division, monthly station temperature and precipitation values are computed from the daily observations. The divisional values are weighted by area to compute statewide values and the statewide values are weighted by area to compute regional values. The indices were computed using daily station data from 1895 to present.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 Dataset files available for download via FTP. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/cirs/
0 Landing page for the dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/gov.noaa.ncdc:C00702/html
0 NCEI home page with information, data access and contact information. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov
0 Overview of the GCOS Essential Climate Variables. https://public.wmo.int/en/programmes/global-climate-observing-system/essential-climate-variables
0 AMS publication (PDF). https://doi.org/d5mpqd
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
47 More information about the dataset. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/metadata/documents/C00702_USCDD-DSI9640-desc.txt
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 Refer to the newest version of NOAA's Climate Divisional Database (nCLIMDIV) for current information, links, and documentation https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/metadata/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/gov.noaa.ncdc:C00005/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

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  • fixed observation stations
  • precipitation
  • united states of america
  • national climatic data center
  • atmospheric temperature
  • nesdis
  • precipitation amount
  • monthly climatology
  • atmosphere
  • continent
  • noaa
  • air temperature
  • temperature tendency
  • north america
  • thermometers
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
  • rain gauges
  • atmospheric - surface - air temperature
  • precipitation anomalies
  • maximum/minimum temperature
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncdc
  • atmospheric - surface - precipitation
  • temperature anomalies
  • surface temperature
  • degree days
  • national centers for environmental information

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