Daily summaries answer questions such as What were the high and low temperatures at a station on a specific day? How much did it rain last Wednesday? How much snow was on the ground on a recent date?
When you hear or see news that a region had its hottest or wettest month since records began, you can check the climatological record books yourself. Use this page to see how conditions in U.S.
Climatologists use historical and current climate and weather data make climate predictions for temperature and precipitation in the future. These outlook products are different from weather forecasts.