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Use of Data
PlainClimate provides access to publicly available climate data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). All data originates from official NOAA climate normal datasets covering the 1991-2020 reference period and is presented without warranty.
Disclaimer
PlainClimate cannot verify every data point across thousands of weather stations, and measurement gaps, station relocations, or processing artifacts may affect individual records. Climate data reflects 30-year normals (1991-2020) and may not reflect current conditions. Do not rely on this data for safety-critical decisions.
Intellectual Property
The underlying NOAA climate data is in the public domain. The presentation, design, and organization of PlainClimate are the property of Kiznis Studio.
Changes to Terms
We may update these terms periodically. Continued use of the site constitutes acceptance of any changes.
Data Accuracy and Verification
PlainClimate aggregates and reformats information that originates from public government agencies, regulatory filings, and other openly available sources. While we take reasonable steps to ingest, normalize, and refresh this data, upstream records may contain clerical errors, lag behind real-world changes, or omit relevant context. You are solely responsible for verifying any fact that influences a legal, medical, financial, educational, safety, or similarly consequential decision. Cross-reference the official source before acting on anything you read here.
Acceptable Use
You may browse, read, and share PlainClimate content for personal, journalistic, academic, and non-commercial research use. You may cite specific records with attribution and a link back to the page on plainclimate.com. You may not (a) systematically scrape, crawl, or download the dataset in bulk without prior written permission; (b) resell, sublicense, or redistribute derived data products that compete with PlainClimate; (c) use our pages to harass, defame, or misrepresent any individual or organization appearing in the data; (d) remove, obscure, or mislabel source attribution; or (e) attempt to bypass rate limits, security controls, or authentication mechanisms.
Editorial Pipeline and Methodology
PlainClimate combines raw public data with plain-language summaries, explainers, and comparisons. Narrative sections are drafted, reviewed, and edited by our editorial team at Kiznis Studio before publication. Numbers and tables are loaded directly from the upstream agency source and never altered by editorial. If you spot a summary that misreads the data, please email the correction link on our contact page.
Editorial and Site Copyright
The underlying public records surfaced on PlainClimate are in the public domain or otherwise freely licensed by the issuing agency — you are free to use those raw facts. However, our site design, layout, navigation structure, original editorial copy, category taxonomies, comparison tables, and curated rankings are the copyrighted work of Kiznis Studio. These creative elements may not be reproduced in whole or substantial part without permission.
Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms of Use from time to time to reflect changes in our data sources, product features, legal environment, or advertising relationships. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last updated" date above and — when appropriate — surface a brief notice on the homepage. Continued use of the site after an update constitutes acceptance of the revised terms. We encourage you to revisit this page periodically.
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