The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that it will discontinue an essential weather data program used by the military at the end of the month.

NOAA officials said last week that they would discontinue the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program by the end of June. The Defense Department has used the program for over five decades to provide weather data for its military operations.

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However, NOAA announced Monday that it would delay the termination of the program until July 31, after a NASA official requested the postponement. The initial decision to discontinue the program was due to a “cybersecurity risk,” according to NOAA.

“On June 30th, [Navy’s Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center] had planned to decommission the [Defense Meteorological Satellite Program] ingest system in Monterey to mitigate a significant cybersecurity risk to the High-Performance Computing environment,” the Monday notice reads.

“However, late on Friday, June 27th, CNMOC received a request from Dr. Germain with NASA to postpone the removal and to continue processing and distributing DMSP data through July 31st,” it adds.

The notice comes as the Trump administration has terminated hundreds of employees of the weather agency. The program’s shutdown also occurs during the middle of hurricane season in the U.S., which runs from June 1 to Nov. 30.

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The Trump administration has restricted or shut down climate-focused federal websites and data. Recently, the administration closed the U.S. Global Change Research Program’s website, which offered reports and research on climate change.

The website, along with all five versions of the National Climate Assessment report, was taken down on Monday, the Los Angeles Times reported. The reports are congressionally mandated, providing information on the impacts of climate change on the country.