This release brings a number of enhancements and bugfixes:
:globe_with_meridians: Non-Conservative Zonal Averaging
⚖ Weighted Averaging
📈 Latitude & Longitude Interval Cross Sections
📖 New user guide sections on [Zonal Means](https://uxarray.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user-guide/zonal-average.html), [Weighted Means](https://uxarray.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user-guide/weighted_mean.html), [Custom Grid Topology](https://uxarray.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user-guide/custom-grid.html), and [Reading & Working with Geometry Files](https://uxarray.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user-guide/from_file.html)
What's Changed
* Fix failing ASV benchmarks by philipc2 in https://github.com/UXARRAY/uxarray/pull/1118
* Bump codecov/codecov-action from 5.1.1 to 5.1.2 by dependabot in https://github.com/UXARRAY/uxarray/pull/1119
* Convert unittest to pytest by rajeeja in https://github.com/UXARRAY/uxarray/pull/1100
* [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/UXARRAY/uxarray/pull/1121
* [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/UXARRAY/uxarray/pull/1123
* Add Inverse Face Indices to Subsetted Grids by aaronzedwick in https://github.com/UXARRAY/uxarray/pull/1122
* [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/UXARRAY/uxarray/pull/1125
* User Guide for `Grid.from_file()` by rajeeja in https://github.com/UXARRAY/uxarray/pull/1047
* Weighted Average by philipc2 in https://github.com/UXARRAY/uxarray/pull/833
* User Guide on Custom Grids & `.from_xarray()` methods by philipc2 in https://github.com/UXARRAY/uxarray/pull/1086
* Latitude & Longitude Interval Cross Section, Updated Bounding Box Subset by philipc2 in https://github.com/UXARRAY/uxarray/pull/1115
* Pin `dask` to avoid CI failures by philipc2 in https://github.com/UXARRAY/uxarray/pull/1129
* [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by pre-commit-ci in https://github.com/UXARRAY/uxarray/pull/1127
* Optimize Zonal Weights, Cartesian Extreme Lat by philipc2 in https://github.com/UXARRAY/uxarray/pull/1130
* Non-Conservative Zonal Mean by hongyuchen1030 amberchen122 philipc2 in https://github.com/UXARRAY/uxarray/pull/1004
* Minor Documentation Cleanup by philipc2 in https://github.com/UXARRAY/uxarray/pull/1090
* Improve Testing Coverage for Numba Caching by aaronzedwick in https://github.com/UXARRAY/uxarray/pull/1085
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/UXARRAY/uxarray/compare/v2024.12.0...v2025.01.0