NSRDB: National Solar Radiation Database
The National Solar Radiation Database (NSRDB) is a serially complete collection of hourly and half-hourly values of meteorological data and the three most common measurements of solar radiation: global horizontal, direct normal and diffuse horizontal irradiance. It covers the United States and a growing subset of international locations. These data have been collected at a sufficient number of locations and temporal and spatial scales to accurately represent regional solar radiation climates. For a given location covered by the dataset, it is possible to see the amount of solar energy that was at a given time, and to predict the potential future availability of solar energy based on past conditions.
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AB - The National Solar Radiation Database (NSRDB) is a serially complete collection of hourly and half-hourly values of meteorological data and the three most common measurements of solar radiation: global horizontal, direct normal and diffuse horizontal irradiance. It covers the United States and a growing subset of international locations. These data have been collected at a sufficient number of locations and temporal and spatial scales to accurately represent regional solar radiation climates. For a given location covered by the dataset, it is possible to see the amount of solar energy that was at a given time, and to predict the potential future availability of solar energy based on past conditions.
AU - NLR
DB - C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange
DP - Open EI | National Laboratory of the Rockies
DO -
KW - Solar
KW - Photovoltaics
KW - PV
KW - Battery energy storage
KW - Diesel generators
KW - Other liquid-fuel generators
KW - Wind energy
KW - Planning and design
KW - Planning
KW - Design
KW - Maintenance and operations
KW - Operations
KW - Maintenance
KW - Commissioning
KW - Resilience
KW - Extreme weather
LA - English
DA - 2023/05/01
PY - 2023
PB - NLR
T1 - NSRDB: National Solar Radiation Database
UR - https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/127
ER -
NLR. NSRDB: National Solar Radiation Database. NLR, 1 May, 2023, C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange. https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/127.
NLR. (2023). NSRDB: National Solar Radiation Database. [Data set]. C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange. NLR. https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/127
NLR. NSRDB: National Solar Radiation Database. NLR, May, 1, 2023. Distributed by C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange. https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/127
@misc{CMIX_Dataset_127,
title = {NSRDB: National Solar Radiation Database},
author = {NLR},
abstractNote = { The National Solar Radiation Database (NSRDB) is a serially complete collection of hourly and half-hourly values of meteorological data and the three most common measurements of solar radiation: global horizontal, direct normal and diffuse horizontal irradiance. It covers the United States and a growing subset of international locations. These data have been collected at a sufficient number of locations and temporal and spatial scales to accurately represent regional solar radiation climates. For a given location covered by the dataset, it is possible to see the amount of solar energy that was at a given time, and to predict the potential future availability of solar energy based on past conditions.},
url = {https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/127},
year = {2023},
howpublished = {C-MIX - Community Microgrid Information Exchange, NLR, https://cmix.openei.org/submissions/127},
note = {Accessed: 2026-06-20}
}
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Data from May 1, 2023
Last updated Mar 30, 2026
Submitted Jun 2, 2026
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NLR
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National Laboratory of the Rockies
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