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** NOTICE **
Effective March, 1999, the Climate Variations Bulletin (CVB) will no longer be produced. Information previously found in the CVB can now be found in the Climate of 1999 (and later) Monthly Reports.
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Climate Variations Bulletin
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Overview
This CLIMATE VARIATIONS BULLETIN (CVB) is a preliminary report that puts current monthly climate anomalies into historical perspective using climate databases archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). It is issued on a monthly basis. Supplemental sections are included which address seasonal and annual perspectives, when appropriate.
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.
NCDC's WWW server
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/documentlibrary/cvb.html
NCDC's anonymous FTP server
Machine: ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov Directory: /pub/data/cvb
If you are a climate researcher and would like to order copies of the historical datasets used to make graphs of the type in this report, call 828-271-4800 or fax a letter to 828-271-4876 or mail a letter to the address given below, ATTN: Research User Services.
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 Federal Building 151 Patton Avenue, Room 120 Asheville, NC 28801-5001
If you use any of the information from this CVB, please identify "National Climatic Data Center, NOAA" as the source.
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