Search Methods/Metadata
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Surface Data
- Graphs & Maps
Weather Charts, Climate Maps of the US, Paleoclimate Data
- Radar
National & Regional Radar Mosaics, NEXRAD Level II and III data, Additional Radar Resources
- 1-Minute/5-Minute
ASOS 1-Minute & 5-Minute Data
- Hourly
US Climate Reference Network, Local Climatological Data, Surface Weather Observations, Hourly & 15 minute Precipitation Data
- Daily
Cooperative, NWS, Local Climatological Data, World War II Era, more
- Monthly
Climate at a Glance, Cooperative, Local Climatological Data, more
- Modeled
Temperature Anomalies, NOMADS, Climate Models
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Surface Data: Graphs & Maps
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Surface Data: Radar
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Surface Data: 1-Minute/5-Minute
(Minute readings of temperature, precipitation, winds, pressure, etc)
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Surface Data: Hourly
(Hourly or time-incremented readings of temperature, precipitation, winds, pressure, etc)
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Surface Data: Daily
(Summary for each day of temperature, precipitation, winds, pressure, snow, etc)
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Surface Data: Monthly
(Summary for each month of temperature, precipitation, pressure, etc)
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Surface Data: Modeled
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Upper Air Data
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Marine Data
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Important Notes
- Items highlighted by require payment for the data unless you have been authorized for free access (see note 2). Other items are FREE to everyone--no payment required.
- Free access is granted to anyone whose Internet domain resolves to gov, edu, k12, us, or mil.
More detailed information on free access to NCDC online products is given here.
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Climatology & Extreme Events
- Extreme Weather and Climate Events
Maps, tables, reports...US/global historical extremes, severe weather, recent events, etc
- U.S. Climatological Averages and Normals
Long-term monthly averages/normals for over 270 U.S. cities
- U.S. Storm Events Database
1950 - present, local storm reports, damage reports, etc from various sources
- Climate Maps of the United States
Over 700 maps of climate normals
- U.S. Climate Normals
US climatological normals
- Climate Monitoring
Numerous maps and graphs depicting climate trends, etc
- Products and Publications
Numerous climatological publications, articles, etc
Climatic Summaries:
- Annual Climatological Summaries (Monthly/Annual Summaries for ~ 8000 U.S. Locations)
- CDROMs/DVDs (Data & summarized products from numerous datasets)
- Climate monitoring reports/data (Products/reports describing climate)
- Climatological Data (Daily/Monthly Data for ~ 8000 U.S. Locations)
- Climate Variations Bulletin (Monthly Reports of U.S. Climate)
- Climatic Data for Frost-Protected Shallow Foundations
- Climatic Maps for the U.S. (selected maps from the Climate Atlas)
- Comparative Climatic Data (Climatological Averages for U.S. Cities)
- Climates of the World (PDF format, Regional Narratives and Climatic Tables by City)
- Climatography of the U.S. - Supp #3 (Maps of Temperature, Precip, Degree Days)
- Climatology For Southwest Asia (Numerous Data Sources and Summaries)
- Detailed summaries from hourly data (Global stations)
- Freeze/Frost data for the U.S. (PDF format)
- Frost Free Maps for the U.S. (Based on 28F and 32F Temperatures)
- Heating and Cooling Degree Days (Monthly State, Regional, and National Degree Days)
- Hourly Precipitation Data (Hourly Precipitation Data for over 2500 U.S. Locations)
- Historical Climate Publications (Publications & cdroms for sale at a very reduced price)
- Hourly Rainfall Event Statistics (Frequency Distributions for Hourly Rainfall)
- Integrated Surface Database (10,000+ international hourly surface observations)
- Local Climatological Data (Hourly/Daily Data for nearly 300 U.S. Cities))
- Monthly Climatic Data for the World (Selected Worldwide Cities' Climate Summaries)
- Monthly Extremes (30 products - e.g. maximum precipitation by month)
- Paleoclimate data (Estimates of climate conditions over thousands of years)
- Rainfall Frequency Atlas of the US (Frequency Distributions for Heavy Rainfall)
- Storm Data Publication (Monthly Reports of Damaging Weather)
- U.S. Records Tool (Daily records associated with extreme events, etc)
- Weather extremes and climate events (Reports, data, satellite images, etc)
- Wind Climatology (PDF format, Wind Climatology for Selected U.S. Cities)
- World Weather Records (Monthly mean values of pressure, temperature, precipitation, and where available, station metadata notes documenting observation practices and station configurations, etc.)
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