Name of product or service:
Local Climatological Data v.2
Type of change:
Product will change input source
Description:
The NCEI will be changing a major input source to the Local Climatological Data product. The new source of hourly information will be the Global Historical Climate Network hourly (GHCNh). The old source of hourly data Integrated Surface Data ISD (aka Global Hourly) will be decommissioned 9/30/2023. LCD v1 (ISD source) will be available through 9/30/2023 for comparison with LCD v2 from Common Access. The web application access point in Climate Data Online v.3 will no longer be available after 9/30/2023. The bulk download location for LCD v1 will be available through 9/30/2023 and v2 will be ongoing.
Local Climatological Data
- The web application access link will be replaced by Common Access
- The GIS layer for LCD v1 stations will be replaced by the LCD v2 layer https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/maps/lcd/
- LCD bulk download will still be available https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/
The planned services change date is August 31, 2023. To file an appeal, please contact Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov by June 1, 2023.
Point of contact:
NCEI Data Access Branch Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov
Send comments to:
NCEI Data Access Branch Rich.Baldwin@noaa.gov