Local Climatological Data (LCD) Publication
type: Dataset
description: Local Climatological Data (LCD) 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. This is the final quality controlled copy and generally has a one to two month time lag. The local climatological data annual file is produced from the National Weather Service (NWS) first and second order stations. These data are contained in the LCD monthly and annual publications. 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. The NCDC also archives a Preliminary Local Climatological Data manuscript that contains similar information, but is not quality controlled.
issued: 2025-11-20T01:29:27.366023
language: {en-US}
modified: 1996-01-01
spatial: Location
contact point: Organization
  fn: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
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keyword: amerigeoss
keyword: ckan
keyword: continent-north-america-united-states-of-america
keyword: earth-science-atmosphere-air-quality-visibility
keyword: earth-science-atmosphere-atmospheric-radiation-sunshine
keyword: earth-science-atmosphere-atmospheric-temperature-degree-days
keyword: earth-science-atmosphere-atmospheric-temperature-dew-point-temperature
keyword: earth-science-atmosphere-atmospheric-temperature-maximum-minimum-temperature
keyword: earth-science-atmosphere-atmospheric-temperature-surface-air-temperature
keyword: earth-science-atmosphere-atmospheric-temperature-temperature-anomalies
keyword: earth-science-atmosphere-atmospheric-water-vapor-humidity
keyword: earth-science-atmosphere-atmospheric-winds-surface-winds
keyword: earth-science-atmosphere-clouds-cloud-amount-frequency
keyword: earth-science-atmosphere-clouds-cloud-properties-cloud-ceiling
keyword: earth-science-atmosphere-precipitation-precipitation-amount
keyword: earth-science-atmosphere-precipitation-precipitation-anomalies
keyword: earth-science-cryosphere-sea-ice-snow-depth
keyword: geo
keyword: geoss
keyword: national
keyword: north-america
keyword: ocean-atlantic-ocean-north-atlantic-ocean-caribbean-sea-puerto-rico
keyword: ocean-atlantic-ocean-north-atlantic-ocean-caribbean-sea-virgin-islands
keyword: ocean-pacific-ocean-central-pacific-ocean-american-samoa
keyword: ocean-pacific-ocean-western-pacific-ocean-guam
keyword: ocean-pacific-ocean-western-pacific-ocean-micronesia
keyword: ocean-pacific-ocean-western-pacific-ocean-micronesia-marshall-islands
keyword: ocean-pacific-ocean-western-pacific-ocean-micronesia-palau
keyword: united-states
keyword: vertical-location-land-surface
keyword: vertical-location-stratosphere
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NCDC Climate Data Online Data Search
type: Distribution
format: HTML
issued: 2021-03-11T05:07:31.307066
modified: 2025-11-20T01:29:27.347177
access URL: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/search
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Local Climatological Data Dataset Homepage
type: Distribution
description: lcd.html
format: HTML
issued: 2021-03-11T05:07:31.307081
modified: 2025-11-20T01:29:27.348796
access URL: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/IPS/lcd/lcd.html
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KMZ file for dataset
type: Distribution
description: lcd.kmz
issued: 2021-03-11T05:07:31.307079
modified: 2025-11-20T01:29:27.348395
access URL: http://gis.ncdc.noaa.gov/kml/lcd.kmz
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Local Climatological Data Description
type: Distribution
format: HTML
issued: 2021-03-11T05:07:31.307084
modified: 2025-11-20T01:29:27.349202
access URL: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/datasets
media type: text/html

NCDC ArcGIS REST Services Directory
type: Distribution
format: HTML
issued: 2021-03-11T05:07:31.307076
modified: 2025-11-20T01:29:27.348000
access URL: http://gis.ncdc.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/cdo/lcd/MapServer
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NCDC Climate Data Online Map Server
type: Distribution
format: HTML
issued: 2021-03-11T05:07:31.307073
modified: 2025-11-20T01:29:27.347600
access URL: http://gis.ncdc.noaa.gov/map/viewer/
media type: text/html

US Migrating
type: Agent