LOCA derived climate variables:
* cdd: Cooling degree days (annual cumulative number of degrees by which the daily average temperature is greater than 65°F) [degF]
* consecDD: Annual maximum number of consecutive dry days (days with total precipitation less than 0.01 inches)
* consecDD-JJA: Summer maximum number of consecutive dry days (days with total precipitation less than 0.01 inches in June, July, and August)
* consecWD: Annual maximum number of consecutive wet days (days with total precipitation greater than or equal to 0.01 inches)
* first-freeze-date: Date of the first fall freeze (annual first occurrence of a minimum temperature at or below 32degF in the fall)
* gdd: Growing degree days, base 50 (annual cumulative number of degrees by which the daily average temperature is greater than 50°F) [degF]
* gddmod: Modified growing degree days, base 50 (annual cumulative number of degrees by which the daily average temperature is greater than 50°F; before calculating the daily average temperatures, daily maximum temperatures above 86°F and daily minimum temperatures below 50°F are set to those values) [degF]
* growing-season: Length of the growing (frost-free) season (the number of days between the last occurrence of a minimum temperature at or below 32degF in the spring and the first occurrence of a minimum temperature at or below 32degF in the fall)
* growing-season-28F: Length of the growing season, 28°F threshold (the number of days between the last occurrence of a minimum temperature at or below 28°F in the spring and the first occurrence of a minimum temperature at or below 28°F in the fall)
* growing-season-41F: Length of the growing season, 41°F threshold (the number of days between the last occurrence of a minimum temperature at or below 41°F in the spring and the first occurrence of a minimum temperature at or below 41°F in the fall)
* hdd: Heating degree days (annual cumulative number of degrees by which the daily average temperature is less than 65°F) [degF]
* last-freeze-date: Date of the last spring freeze (annual last occurrence of a minimum temperature at or below 32degF in the spring)
* pr-above-99th: Annual total precipitation for all days exceeding the 99th percentile, calculated with reference to the 1976-2005 average [inches]
* pr-annual: Annual total precipitation [inches]
* pr-days-above-99th: Annual number of days with precipitation exceeding the 99th percentile, calculated with reference to the 1976-2005 average [inches]
* pr1in: Annual number of days with total precipitation greater than 1 inch
* pr2in: Annual number of days with total precipitation greater than 2 inches
* pr3in: Annual number of days with total precipitation greater than 3 inches
* pr4in: Annual number of days with total precipitation greater than 4 inches
* prmax1day: Annual highest precipitation total for a single day [inches]
* prmax5day: Annual highest precipitation total over a 5-day period [inches]
* tavg: Daily average temperature [degF]
* tmax: Daily maximum temperature [degF]
* tmax-days-above-99th: Annual number of days with maximum temperature greater than the 99th percentile, calculated with reference to the 1976-2005 average
* tmax-days-below-1st: Annual number of days with maximum temperature lower than the 1st percentile, calculated with reference to the 1976-2005 average
* tmax100F: Annual number of days with a maximum temperature greater than 100degF
* tmax110F: Annual number of days with a maximum temperature greater than 110degF
* tmax115F: Annual number of days with a maximum temperature greater than 115degF
* tmax1day: Annual single highest maximum temperature [degF]
* tmax32F: Annual number of icing days (days with a maximum temperature less than 32degF)
* tmax5day: Annual highest maximum temperature averaged over a 5-day period [degF]
* tmax86F: Annual number of days with a maximum temperature greater than 86degF
* tmax90F: Annual number of days with a maximum temperature greater than 90degF
* tmax95F: Annual number of days with a maximum temperature greater than 95degF
* tmin: Daily minimum temperature [degF]
* tmin-days-above-75F: Annual number of days with a minimum temperature greater than 75degF
* tmin-days-above-80F: Annual number of days with a minimum temperature greater than 80degF
* tmin-days-above-85F: Annual number of days with a minimum temperature greater than 85degF
* tmin-days-above-90F: Annual number of days with a minimum temperature greater than 90degF
* tmin-days-above-99th: Annual number of days with minimum temperature greater than the 99th percentile, calculated with reference to the 1976-2005 average
* tmin-days-below-1st: Annual number of days with minimum temperature lower than the 1st percentile, calculated with reference to the 1976-2005 average
* tmin-days-below-28F: Annual number of days with a minimum temperature less than 28degF
* tmin-max5day: Annual highest minimum temperature averaged over a 5-day period [degF]
* tmin1day: Annual single lowest minimum temperature [degF]
* tmin32F: Annual number of frost days (days with a minimum temperature less than 32degF)
* tmin5day: Annual lowest minimum temperature averaged over a 5-day period [degF]