Climate Record for a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania¶
About this data¶
Description - Global Climate at a Glance The data is compiled at the request of NOAA for near real-time analysis of monthly climatic data (temperature and precipitation) from across the continental United States. Units used vary based upon user preferences (mm or in - precipitation and F or C - temperature). This dataset will use units of Fahrenheit. The period of record varies by station. Data is available for national, regional, state, and city. Data from the Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN) is a composite of climate records from numerous quality checked and merged sources. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/cdo/documentation/GHCND_documentation.pdf
Data Citation - Pittsburgh, PA City Time Series NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, published August 2023, retrieved on September 10, 2023 from https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/city/time-series
The journal article describing GHCN-Daily is: Menne, M.J., I. Durre, R.S. Vose, B.E. Gleason, and T.G. Houston, 2012: An overview of the Global Historical Climatology Network-Daily Database. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 29, 897-910, doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00103.1.
Site Description - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania The data is recorded from a station at the Pittsburgh International Airport for a period from 02-01-1945 to present. The station is located at lat/long 40.48459°, -80.21448° and at an elevation of 341 m. Station GHCND:USW00094823 metadata found at: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/datasets/GHCND/stations/GHCND:USW00094823/detail
Link to the NCEI temperature dataset¶
'https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/city/time-series/USW00094823/tmax/1/7/1948-2023.csv?base_prd=true&begbaseyear=1991&endbaseyear=2020'