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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is a scientific agencywithin the United States Department of Commerce focused on the conditions of theoceans and the atmosphere. NOAA warns of dangerous weather, charts seas andskies, guides the use and protection of ocean and coastal resources and conductsresearch to improve understanding and stewardship of the environment. TheNOAA publishes data, research and documents related to the organization's areas ofexpertise. Some of these publications include Climatological Data.Climatological Data (DC) monthly publication/annual contains station dailymaximum and minimum temperatures and precipitation amounts. Some stationsprovide daily snowfall, snow depth, evaporation, and soil temperature data. Eachissue also contains monthly summaries for heating and cooling degree days (65degrees F base). The July issue also contains monthly heating degree days and snowdata for the preceding July through June. The annual issue contains monthly andannual averages of temperature, precipitation amounts, temperature extremes,freeze data, soil temperatures, evaporation, and a recap of monthly cooling degreedays. This is one of those documents.