Overview
Current data are based on preliminary reports from First and Second Order airport stations obtained from the National Weather Service (NWS) Climate Prediction Center, and preliminary tornado statistics obtained from the NWS National Severe Storms Forecast Center. THE CURRENT DATA SHOULD BE USED WITH CAUTION. These preliminary data are useful for estimating how current anomalies compare to the historical record, however the actual values and rankings for the current year will change as the final data arrive at NCDC and are processed. The following NCDC datasets are used for the historical data: the climate division drought database (TD-9640), the hurricane datasets (TD-9636 and TD-9697), the tornado dataset (STORM DATA), and the monthly station dataset (LCD supplemental files). It should be noted that the climate division drought database consists of monthly data for 344 climate divisions in the contiguous United States. These divisional values are calculated from the 6000+ station Cooperative Observer network. If you have access to the Internet, copies of the CVB are available via both the NCDC's World Wide Web (WWW) server and the NCDC's anonymous FTP server.
Directory: /pub/data/cvb
All other questions or requests for data should be made by calling 828-271-4800 or ending a fax to 828-271-4876 or by writing to:
National Climatic Data Center, NOAA If you use any of the information from this CVB, please identify "National Climatic Data Center, NOAA" as the source.
1999NOTE: Click on the PDF icon to download the PDF version, the WordPerfect icon to download the WordPerfect 6.1 version. In order to view or print PDF files, you must have installed the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Size of file to be downloaded is indicated as (PDF / WordPerfect)
** NOTICE **
Effective March, 1999,
1998NOTE: Click on the PDF icon to download the PDF version, the WordPerfect icon to download the WordPerfect 6.1 version. In order to view or print PDF files, you must have installed the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Size of file to be downloaded is indicated as (PDF / WordPerfect)
1997NOTE: Click on the PDF icon to download the PDF version, the WordPerfect icon to download the WordPerfect 6.1 version. In order to view or print PDF files, you must have installed the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Size of file to be downloaded is indicated as (PDF / WordPerfect)
1996NOTE: Click on the PDF icon to download the PDF version, the WordPerfect icon to download the WordPerfect 6.1 (5.1 prior to May) version. In order to view or print PDF files, you must have installed the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Size of file to be downloaded is indicated as (PDF / WordPerfect)
1995NOTE: Click on the PDF icon to download the PDF version, the WordPerfect icon to download the WordPerfect 5.1 version. In order to view or print PDF files, you must have installed the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Size of file to be downloaded is indicated as (PDF / WordPerfect)
1994NOTE: Click on the PDF icon to download the PDF version, the WordPerfect icon to download the WordPerfect 5.1 version. In order to view or print PDF files, you must have installed the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Size of file to be downloaded is indicated as (PDF / WordPerfect)
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