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ENSO Normals 2020 is a new high-resolution set of climate normals for the contiguous United States that are conditioned for various phase categories of the El Niño – Southern Oscillation (ENSO): Strong La Niña, Weak La Niña, Neutral, Weak El Niño, and Strong El Niño. In addition, the optimal climate normal (OCN) – a 15-yr running average instead of the traditional 30-year normal – is utilized to better reflect the impacts of climate change. The spatial domain is a 1/24 degree grid over the contiguous United States (CONUS). Monthly normals are provided for daily maximum temperature (tmax; °C), daily minimum temperature (tmin; °C), and liquid-equivalent precipitation (prcp; mm) and are produced for each of the five phase categories. The ENSO normals are the sum of these composites with the OCN for a given month. The result is five sets of normals, one for each phase category, which users may consult with respect to anticipated ENSO outcomes.
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| Title | El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Normals 2020 (NCEI Accession 0248650) |
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| Description | ENSO Normals 2020 is a new high-resolution set of climate normals for the contiguous United States that are conditioned for various phase categories of the El Niño – Southern Oscillation (ENSO): Strong La Niña, Weak La Niña, Neutral, Weak El Niño, and Strong El Niño. In addition, the optimal climate normal (OCN) – a 15-yr running average instead of the traditional 30-year normal – is utilized to better reflect the impacts of climate change. The spatial domain is a 1/24 degree grid over the contiguous United States (CONUS). Monthly normals are provided for daily maximum temperature (tmax; °C), daily minimum temperature (tmin; °C), and liquid-equivalent precipitation (prcp; mm) and are produced for each of the five phase categories. The ENSO normals are the sum of these composites with the OCN for a given month. The result is five sets of normals, one for each phase category, which users may consult with respect to anticipated ENSO outcomes. |
| Modified | 2025-11-19T16:28:00.173Z |
| Publisher Name | N/A |
| Contact | N/A |
| Keywords | 0248650 , AIR TEMPERATURE , PRECIPITATION AMOUNT , rain gauge , thermistor , in situ , NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information , NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information , climatology , DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce , Climate Normals , EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE , EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT , RAIN GAUGES > RAIN GAUGES , THERMISTORS > THERMISTORS , CONUS , 2R92HD , environment , climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere |
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