New to Climate Information?

NOAA's National Climatic Data Center is the world's largest repository of weather and climate data and information. Data sources are as varied as paleoclimatic samples to handwritten observations to satellite and radar imagery less than an hour old. The Center has the primary mission of preserving these data for future generations as well as making them available to the public, business, industry, government, and researchers.

General information on a variety of climate phenomenon as well as stories, images, and articles that highlight this wide breath of climate information can be found on www.climate.gov.

Looking for Weather or Climate data for a particular day?

• Daily temperature and/or precipitation observations
  For more than 11,000 stations across the United States and its territories
• 2005 to present weather observations
  For approximately 1,600 commercial airports and cities in the United States and its territories
• Thousands of stations across the world
  Stations generally have temperature and/or precipitation data available one calendar day later
• Weather and climate data from around the world
  Time scales vary from sub-hourly to annual via a map interface

Looking for Dependable Climate Information?

• In addition to the links to the left under the Climate Information heading, visit NOAA's site Climate.gov,
• Data via a map interface
• Learn about the latest climate science
• Read news articles and watch videos about climate science
• Climate Education Teaching Resources, Professional Development Opportunities, and Multimedia presentations