The following web sites have been compiled by the NOAA Central Library staff. Note: These links lead to resources not on the NOAA Library website.

• American Meteorological Society home page


• Ask-A-Meteorologist (National Weather Service Eastern Region: Baltimore/Washington)


• Ask-A-Meteorologist (National Weather Service Southern Region: Albuquerque, New Mexico)


• Ask-A-Meteorologist (National Weather Service Southern Region: Shreveport, Louisiana)


• Ask-A-Meteorologist (National Weather Service Western Region: Flagstaff, Arizona)


• Ask the Experts: Your weather questions answered - submit a weather question, view answers to FAQs, view the questions and answers archive (USA Today)


• Atlantic Coast Observer Network MD/DE/DC Chapter - local climatological data back to 1992


• Atlantic Coast Observer Network VA/NC/SC Chapter - local climatological data reports


• Aviation Weather Center (National Weather Service)


• Aviation Weather Center Acronym Glossary (National Weather Service)


• Career Guide for the Atmospheric Sciences (American Meteorological Society)


• Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies - current weather, climate, and forecasts (Institute of Global Environment & Society)


• Climate Change (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)


• Climate Change: A Paleo Perspective on Global Warming (National Climatic Data Center)


• Climate Change and Its Potential Impacts on Tropical Cyclone Intensity and Frequency: A Bibliography of Scholarly Research (NOAA Miami Regional Library, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory)


• Climate Data Online System - U.S. divisional and global climatological data (National Climatic Data Center)


• Climate Maps of the United States database - use Internet Explorer to access maps for climatic elements including precipitation, temperature, wind, sky cover/visibility, heating/cooling degree days, sea level pressure, freeze/frost. The period of record of the data for most of the maps is 1961-1990. (National Climatic Data Center)


• Climate Prediction Center (National Weather Service)


• Climate Program Office - created in October 2005 and integrates the Office of Global Programs, the Arctic Research Office, and the Climate Observations and Services Program (Office of Oceanic & Atmospheric Research)


• Climates of the States publication (National Climatic Data Center)


• Climates of the World publication (National Climatic Data Center)


• Cloud chart - sky watcher chart and introduction to clouds (NOAA/NASA)


• CNN weather page (Cable News Network)


• Comparative Climatic Data - observed data and climatological normals for the U.S. (National Climatic Data Center)


• Cooperative Observer Program (National Weather Service)


• Daily Weather Maps (United States) from 2003 - present. Prepared by the National Centers for Environmental Prediction, Hydrometeorological Prediction Center. See "Historical Daily Weather Maps" to access maps from 1871 - 2002 (National Weather Service)


• Drought Information Center (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration)


• Drought - National Integrated Drought Information System (NOAA, USGS, USDA, etc.)


• El Nino Theme Page (Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, NOAA's Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)


• Emergency preparedness brochures (National Weather Service)


• Experimental Long-Lead Forecast Bulletin (Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies)


• Extreme weather and climate events - billion $$ weather disasters, heavy precipitation, temperature extremes & drought, Storm Events Database, El Nino/La Nina, U.S. hurricanes, etc. (National Climatic Data Center)


• Fire Weather (National Weather Service)


• Floods - NOAAWatch Floods Theme Page (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration)


• Forecast terminology (National Weather Service La Crosse, WI Forecast Office)


• Freeze/frost probability tables for the U.S. (National Climatic Data Center)


• Global climate change (National Climatic Data Center)


• Global measured extremes of temperature and precipitation (National Climatic Data Center)


• Global Warming FAQ (National Climatic Data Center)


• Glossary of Meteorology from the American Meteorological Society


• Heat Index Chart (National Weather Service)


• Heating and cooling degree data for the U.S. (National Climatic Data Center)


• Historical Daily Weather Maps (United States). Access individual daily maps from 1871 - 1968, and also daily maps (in weekly format) from 1968 - 2002. See link to download the DjVu Browser Plug-in required to view these maps. (NOAA Central Library's Daily Weather Maps Project). See "Daily Weather Maps" to access maps 2003 - present.


• Historical foreign climate data - NOAA Central Library Climate Data Imaging Project


• Historical Significant Events Imagery - Global satellite imagery of significant weather and environmental events for past 30 years (NOAA's National Climatic Data Center)


• Hurricane and natural disaster brochures (Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, NOAA's Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)


• Hurricane FAQ (Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, NOAA's Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)


• Hydrologic Information Center (National Weather Service)


• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (World Meteorological Organization, United Nations Environment Programme)


• JetStream - An Online School For Weather (National Weather Service's Southern Region Headquarters)


• La Nina Theme Page (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration)


• Lightning Safety (National Weather Service)


• Marine weather forecasts (National Weather Service)


• Mariners Weather Log publication - contains articles, news and information about marine weather events and phenomena, storms at sea, weather forecasting, the National Weather Service Voluntary Observing Ship (VOS) Program, Port Meteorological Officers (PMOs), cooperating ships officers, and their vessels. (National Data Buoy Center, National Weather Service)


• Meteorology Career Options (National Severe Storms Laboratory)


• Monthly Weather Review publication - access to Volumes 1 (1873) - present (NOAA Central Library's Monthly Weather Review Archives Project)


• The National Center for Atmospheric Research - operated by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research


• National Centers for Environmental Prediction (National Weather Service)


• National Climatic Data Center - world’s largest active archive of weather data (National Environmental, Satellite, Data and Information Service)


• National Climatic Data Center Bibliography (National Climatic Data Center)


• National Hurricane Center/Tropical Prediction Center (National Weather Service)


• National Ice Center - a multi-agency operational center operated by the U.S. Navy, NOAA, and the U.S. Coast Guard


• National Severe Storms Laboratory (NOAA's Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)


• National Snow and Ice Data Center - NSIDC is part of the University of Colorado Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, and is affiliated with NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center through a cooperative agreement


• National Weather Service (contact page)


• National Weather Service (home page)


• National Weather Service FAQ site (Public Affairs Office)


• National Weather Service Forecast Office sites - recent (NOW Data) and historical climatic data, local forecasts, etc.


• National Weather Service Glossary


• National Weather Service Interactive Weather Information Network (IWIN)


• National Weather Service Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services


• National Weather Service Official Weather Forecast


• National Weather Service Public Affairs Office


• Natural hazard statistics (National Weather Service)


• Natural hazards data (National Geophysical Data Center)


• NBC4 Weather Plus Washington, DC - national weather, forecasts, and pollen reports (enter zip codes)


• NEXRAD National Mosaic Reflectivity Images (National Climatic Data Center)


• NOAA Climate Theme Page (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration)


• NOAA Weather Radio (National Weather Service)


• NOAA Weather Theme Page (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration)


• NOAAWatch: NOAA's All Hazard Monitor (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration)


• Online Meteorology Guide (University of Illinois)


• Operational Significant Event Imagery - detailed imagery of significant global environmental events (National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service)


• Ozone - Stratospheric Ozone (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration)


• Ozone and Meteorological Conditions in the Polar Stratosphere (National Weather Service)


• Post Storm Data Acquisition (National Weather Service)


• Precipitation frequency information and publications - Hydrometeorological Design Studies Center (National Weather Service)


• Probable maximum precipitation information and publications - Hydrometeorological Design Studies Center (National Weather Service)


• Radar imagery (National Climatic Data Center)


• Regional Climate Centers - High Plains, Northeast, Midwestern, Southeast, Southern, and Western (Northeast Regional Climate Center)


• Regional (U.S.) climate maps (National Weather Service)


• Relative humidity and dew point tables (National Weather Service)


• River Forecast Centers - Alaska-Pacific, Arkansas-Red Basin, California-Nevada, Colorado Basin, Lower Mississippi, Middle Atlantic, Missouri Basin, North Central, Northeast, Northwest, Ohio, Southeast, and West Gulf (National Weather Service)


• Service assessments - of catastrophic weather events (National Weather Service)


• Severe weather safety (National Weather Service)


• Space Weather - Space Weather Prediction Center (National Weather Service)


• State Climate Offices (American Association of State Climatologists)


• Storm Events Database - details of U.S. storms by county within state (National Climatic Data Center)


• Storm Prediction Center (National Weather Service)


• StormReady (National Weather Service)


• Sunrise/sunset computations (one day) - for U.S. and worldwide locations (U.S. Naval Observatory's Astronomical Applications Division)


• Sunrise/sunset computations (one year) - for U.S. and worldwide locations (U.S. Naval Observatory's Astronomical Applications Division)


• 3-D Weather Images - the latest 3-D weather images from NOAA's Environmental Visualization Program


• Tornado FAQ (Storm Prediction Center)


• Tornadoes (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration)


• Tsunami Warning Center - Pacific (National Weather Service)


• Tsunami Warning Center - West Coast and Alaska (National Weather Service)


• U.S. Army Signal Corps Annual Reports - The Signal Corps carried out the work of meteorological observations in the U.S. during the years 1861-1891. In 1891 the meteorological work was transferred to the newly-formed U.S. Weather Bureau in the Dept. of Agriculture. (NOAA Central Library)


• U.S. Climate at a Glance (National Climatic Data Center)


• U.S. Climate Normals - 1971-2000 product suite (National Climatic Data Center)


• USA Today Weather page - obtain U.S. and international forecasts, submit weather questions to experts, etc.


• Ultraviolet Index Bulletin (operationally updated) (Climate Prediction Center, National Weather Service/EPA)


• Ultraviolet Index Forecast (Climate Prediction Center, National Weather Service)


• Washington Post's Weather Page - weather for Washington, DC, as well as international forecasts


• The Weather Channel - look up the weather for every U.S. zip code and also for thousands of international cities


• Weather instrument shelter - suggested dimensions/specifications (National Weather Service)


• Weather map symbols - scroll to the links at the bottom of the page (National Weather Service)


• Weather-related degree programs (National Severe Storms Laboratory)


• Weather satellites - real time (National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service)


• The Weather Underground - global climatological data


• Weatherwise - The Magazine About the Weather


• Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin (January 1971 - present) - report is jointly published by the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, the National Agricultural Statistics Service, and the World Agricultural Outlook Board


• Wind data for the U.S. (National Climatic Data Center)


• Windchill (National Weather Service)


• World Climate Research Programme of the World Meteorolgical Organization


• World Data Center for Climate (maintained by Model & Data (M&D), which is hosted at the Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology, in cooperation with the German Climate Computing Centre (DKRZ))


• World Data Center for Glaciology, Boulder (operated under a cooperative agreement between the University of Colorado, CIRES, and NOAA and collocated with the National Snow and Ice Data Center)


• World Data Center for Glaciology, Cambridge (maintained by the Royal Society and the Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge)


• World Data Center for Glaciology and Geocryology, Lanzhou (maintained by the Lanzhou Institute of Glaciology and Geocryology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)


• World Data Center for Meteorology, Asheville (maintained by NOAA, collocated with and operated by the National Climatic Data Center)


• World Data Center for Meteorology, Beijing (maintained by the National Meteorological Center of the China Meteorological Administration, collocated with the Climatic Data and Application Office)


• World Data Center for Meteorology, Obninsk (maintained by the Federal Service of Russia for Hydrometeorology and Monitoring of the Environment)


• World Data Center for Paleoclimatology (operated by the National Climatic Data Center, collocated with the National Geophysical Data Center)


• World Data Centre for Greenhouse Gases (World Meteorological Organization c/o Japan Meteorological Agency)


• World Meteorological Organization of the United Nations - link to member sites, WMO publications, etc.