Bronze level automatically awarded US beta

This data has achieved Bronze level on 22 October 2015 which means this data makes a great start at the basics of publishing open data.

NCDC Storm Events Database


Description

Storm Data is provided by the National Weather Service (NWS) and contain statistics on personal injuries and damage estimates. Storm Data covers the United States of America. The data began as early as 1950 through to the present, updated monthly with up to a 120 day delay possible. NCDC Storm Event database allows users to find various types of storms recorded by county, or use other selection criteria as desired. The data contain a chronological listing, by state, of hurricanes, tornadoes, thunderstorms, hail, floods, drought conditions, lightning, high winds, snow, temperature extremes and other weather phenomena.


General Information


Legal Information

This dataset has been created by US Government which means it is required to be in the public domain. However US copyright law only allows open access by US citizens, we have assumed the data is equivalently licensed as CC0 for the rest of the world as this is in the spirit of the US Government’s Open Data policy.
  • The rights statement is at

    http://catalog.data.gov/dataset/ncdc-storm-events-database Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

  • Outside the US, this data is available under

    Creative Commons CCZero Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

  • There are

    yes, and the rights are all held by the same person or organisation Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

  • The content is available under

    Creative Commons CCZero Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

  • This data contains

    no data about individuals Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know


Practical Information

  • The data appears in this collection

    http://catalog.data.gov/organization/noaa-gov Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

  • This data changes

    no Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

  • The data is

    backed up offsite Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know


Technical Information


Social Information

  • The documentation includes machine-readable data for

    title Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

  • The documentation includes machine-readable data for

    description Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

  • The documentation includes machine-readable data for

    identifier Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

  • The documentation includes machine-readable data for

    landing page Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

  • The documentation includes machine-readable data for

    release frequency Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

  • The documentation includes machine-readable data for

    publisher Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

  • The documentation includes machine-readable data for

    theme(s) Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

  • The documentation includes machine-readable data for

    distribution(s) Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

  • The documentation includes machine-readable data for

    release date Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

  • The documentation includes machine-readable data for

    modification date Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

  • The documentation includes machine-readable data for

    temporal coverage Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

  • The documentation includes machine-readable data for

    spatial/geographical coverage Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

  • The documentation about each distribution includes machine-readable data for

    title Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

  • The documentation about each distribution includes machine-readable data for

    description Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

  • The documentation about each distribution includes machine-readable data for

    release date Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

  • The documentation about each distribution includes machine-readable data for

    a URL to access the data Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

  • The documentation about each distribution includes machine-readable data for

    a URL to download the dataset Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

  • Find out how to contact someone about this data at

    http://catalog.data.gov/dataset/ncdc-storm-events-database Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know

  • Find out how to suggest improvements to publication at

    http://www.data.gov/issue/?media_url=http://catalog.data.gov/dataset/ncdc-storm-events-database Do you think this data is incorrect? Let us know