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  • Quality Controlled Local Climatological Data (QCLCD) Publication

    Metadata Updated: January 17, 2017

    Quality Controlled Local Climatological Data (QCLCD) 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. The source data is global hourly (DSI 3505) which includes a number of quality control checks. The local climatological data annual file is produced from the National Weather Service (NWS) first and second order stations. 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.

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    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Date May 5, 2016
    Metadata Created Date September 26, 2015
    Metadata Updated Date January 17, 2017
    Reference Date(s) January 1, 1996 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update daily

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NOAA CSW Harvest Source

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    Quality Controlled Local Climatological Data GIS image of station locations.

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date May 5, 2016
    Metadata Created Date September 26, 2015
    Metadata Updated Date January 17, 2017
    Reference Date(s) January 1, 1996 (publication)
    Responsible Party DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Access Constraints NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NCEI makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NCEI can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCEI archives.
    Bbox East Long 180.0
    Bbox North Lat 72.0
    Bbox South Lat -15.0
    Bbox West Long -180.0
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update daily
    Graphic Preview Description Quality Controlled Local Climatological Data GIS image of station locations.
    Graphic Preview File http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/img/metadata/portal/lcd.png
    Graphic Preview Type PNG
    Guid gov.noaa.ncdc:C00679
    Harvest Object Id 7403deff-ae2f-4bcd-8fa1-c45b591a5748
    Harvest Source Id 2aed8e29-fc5b-4cde-aa66-fb1118fd705e
    Harvest Source Title NOAA CSW Harvest Source
    Licence
    Metadata Language
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Progress completed
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 1882-01-01

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