CLIMATIC DATA

Information

Source

Obtainable

Comments

National Climatic

Readily available are data

The National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)

Data Center (NCDC)

from the monthly

collects and catalogs nearly all U.S.

Federal Building

publication Climatological

weather records.

Climatic data (which are

37 Battery Park Ave.

Data, which reports

essential for construction planning,

Asheville, NC 28801 

temperature and

environmental assessments, and conducting

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precipitation statistics

surface and groundwater modeling) can be

(704) 259 0682 or

for all monitoring

obtained from the NCC.

(703) 259 0871

stations in a given state

or region.

An annual

summary is also available.

In addition to collecting

NCC can provide data on file in hard (paper)

basic data, NCDC provides

copy, in microfiche, on magnetic tape, and

the following services:

on diskette.

  Supply of publications,

For general summary statistics and maps, the

reference manuals,

publication Climates of the States   NOAA

catalog of holdings, and

Narrative Summaries, Tables, and Maps for

data report atlases

Each State, by Gale Research Company (1980)

  Data and map

is helpful.

reproduction in various

forms

  Analysis and preparation

of statistical summaries

  Evaluation of data

records for specific

analytical requirements

  Library search for

bibliographic

references, abstracts,

and documents

  Referral to

organizations holding

requested information

  Provision of general

atmospheric sciences

information.

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