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Gridded Climate Datasets: Applied Climate Information System (ACIS) NRCC Interpolated (Grid 1)

ACIS NRCC Interpolated (Grid 1) is a gridded dataset that includes area averages of daily maximum, minimum, and average temperatures and daily precipitation amounts for the contiguous Uni

Data Coverage
Contiguous U.S.
Period of Record
1950 – Present
File Format
text (ascii)
geotiff
Data Type
Land-based Station

Gridded Climate Datasets: NOAA's nClimGrid - Daily

nClimGrid-Daily is a gridded dataset that includes area averages of daily maximum, minimum, and average temperatures and daily precipitation amounts for the contiguous United States from Janua

Data Coverage
Contiguous U.S.
Period of Record
1951 – Present
File Format
text (ascii)
csv
netcdf-4
Data Type
Land-based Station

Gridded Climate Datasets: NOAA's nClimGrid - Monthly

The nClimGrid-monthly dataset is a gridded dataset derived from spatially interpolating data from the Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN), including precipitation (monthly totals) and temp

Data Coverage
United States
Period of Record
1895 - Present
File Format
text (ascii)
netcdf-4
Data Type
Model

Gridded Surface Meteorological (gridMET) Dataset

gridMET is a gridded dataset of daily high-spatial resolution (~4-km, 1/24th degree) surface meteorological data using PRISM and NLDAS-2, covering the contiguous U.S.

Data Coverage
Contiguous U.S.
Period of Record
1979 - Present
File Format
netcdf-3