diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 121a006..65c9933 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ message: 'To cite package "azmetr" in publications use:'
 type: software
 license: MIT
 title: 'azmetr: Access Arizona weather data from the AZMet API'
-version: 0.2.1
+version: 0.3.0
 year: 2023
 abstract: Provides R functions to access the Arizona Meterological Network (AZMet)
   API. Functions are more than just "thin wrappers" and do some parsing of input parameters
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: azmetr
 Title: Access Arizona Weather Data from the AZMet API
-Version: 0.2.1.9000
+Version: 0.3.0
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Jeremy", "Weiss", , "jlweiss@email.arizona.edu", role = c("aut", "cre", "cph"),
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-3597-0712")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 54ba739..0b13893 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# azmetr (development version)
+# azmetr 0.3.0
 
 - `az_hourly()` now accepts dates for `start_date_time` and `end_date_time`
 - Improved messages regarding what date/time ranges are being queried and returned by data retrieval functions.