Editing National Climatic Data Center (section)

==History==
In 1934, the U.S. government established a tabulation unit in [[New Orleans]], Louisiana, to process weather records.  Climate records and upper air observations were punched onto cards in 1936.  This organization was transferred to [[Asheville, North Carolina]], in 1951, where the National Weather Records Center (NWRC).<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/wb_topicsandpersonnel/1961.pdf|page=82|date=May 1961|journal=Weather Bureau Topics|publisher=[[United States Weather Bureau]]|title=Forecasts and Warnings|author=Staff|access-date=2012-04-22}}</ref> It was housed in the [[Arcade Building (Asheville, North Carolina)|Grove Arcade Building]] in Asheville, North Carolina.

Processing of the climate data was accomplished at Weather Records Processing Centers at [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]]; [[Kansas City, Missouri]]; and San Francisco, California, until January 1, 1963, when it was consolidated with the NWRC.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/wb_topicsandpersonnel/1963.pdf|date=January 1963|access-date=2012-04-22|title=WRPC Consolidation Nears Completion at Asheville NWRC|author=Staff|publisher=[[United States Weather Bureau]]|page=7}}</ref>

In 1967, the agency was renamed the National Climatic Data Center.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/journals/essa_world/QC8an1U461966oct.pdf|title=Weather Facts Find Ever Expanding Market|author=Luther Thigpen|date=October 1966|publisher=Environmental Satellite Services Administration|journal=ESSA World|page=14|access-date=2012-04-20}}</ref>

In 1995, the NCDC moved into the newly completed Veach-Baley Federal Complex in downtown Asheville.

In 2015, the NCDC merged with the National Geophysical Data Center and the National Oceanographic Data Center to become the [[National Centers for Environmental Information]] (NCEI).<ref name="ncei.noaa.gov" />