NOAA’s Updated U.S. Climate Data Will Establish “New Normal”

 “NOAA will soon release a much-anticipated update of U.S. climate data for placing recent weather conditions—such as heat waves and flooding rain—into historical context. 

“This new 30-year dataset will span from 1991 to 2020 and is scheduled for release in May 2021. Climatologists from NOAA NCEI are currently compiling and reviewing 30 years of weather and climate data from across the U.S. to serve as the nation’s updated climate “normals” for the next 10 years. This new 30-year dataset will span from 1991 to 2020 and is scheduled for release in May 2021.