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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. Air Quality Forecast Guidance National Weather Service
All Weather Is Good: Books and Websites About the Weather and Climate
prepared by the National Weather Center Library, University of Oklahoma
American Meteorological Society home page
Ask-A-Meteorologist (National Weather Service Eastern Region:
Baltimore, MD/Washington, DC)
Ask-A-Meteorologist (National Weather Service Eastern Region:
Philadelphia, PA/Mount Holly, NJ)
Ask-A-Meteorologist (National Weather Service Southern
Region: Huntsville, Alabama)
Ask-A-Meteorologist (National Weather Service Western Region:
Flagstaff, Arizona)
Ask-A-Meteorologist (National Weather Service Alaska Region: Anchorage, Alaska)
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 (hosted by Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab)
Atlantic Coast Observer Network VA/NC/SC Chapter - local climatological data reports
Aviation Weather Center (National Weather Service National Centers for Environmental Prediction)
Career Center (American Meteorological Society)
Careers in Meteorology (National Severe Storms Laboratory)
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 Data Online System - U.S. divisional
and global climatological data (National Climatic Data Center)
Climate Maps of the United States database - 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 - provides strategic guidance and oversight for NOAA's
climate science and services programs (Office of Oceanic & Atmospheric Research)
Climate Services Division of the National Weather Service Office of Climate, Water,
and Weather Services
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 Office of Climate, Water,
and Weather Services)
Daily Synoptic Weather Maps (Northern Hemisphere Sea Level) 1899 to 1971 -
Use Internet Explorer and select individual years to access daily maps. Consult the Source and Analysis files for explanations
of symbols, time of observation, list of data sources for individual countries, etc.
Daily Weather Maps (United States) from 2003 to the present -
prepared by the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center, National Centers for Environmental Prediction. See "Historical Daily
Weather Maps" to access maps from 1871 - 2002 (National Weather Service)
Drought - U.S. Drought Assessment
of NOAA's Climate Prediction Center (National Weather Service)
Drought - U.S. Drought Portal: National Integrated Drought Information System
(USDA, DOC, DOE, DHS, DOI, DOT, etc.)
Drought Monitor (USDA, NOAA, National Drought Mitigation Center)
El Nino Theme Page (Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory,
NOAA's Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)
Emergency preparedness brochures - topics include hurricanes, tornadoes,
climate change,
heat waves, flood safety, droughts, thunderstorms/lightning, winter storms, rip currents, etc. (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 Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services)
Fire Weather Theme Page (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration)
Flood statistics (Hydrologic Information Center, 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)
Fujita Tornado Damage Scale - a set of wind estimates based
on damage. The F-Scale was developed in 1971 by T. Theodore Fujita at the University of Chicago (Storm Prediction
Center/National Weather Service)
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
GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite): Geostationary Satellite Server -
real time (National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service)
Heat and Heat Index Information (National Weather Service Office of
Climate, Water, and Weather Services)
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 FAQ (Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological
Laboratory, NOAA's Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)
Hurricane History for the Washington and
Baltimore Region (National Weather Service Baltimore/Washington Forecast Office)
Hydrologic Information (National Weather Service)
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (World Meteorological Organization, United
Nations Environment Programme)
JetStream - An Online School For Weather (National Weather
Service Fort Worth, TX Forecast Office)
La Nina Theme Page (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration)
Lightning Safety (National Weather Service Office of Climate, Water,
and Weather Services)
Local Weather Data - click city on U.S. map (National Weather Service Fort Worth,
TX Forecast Office)
Map of temperature extremes (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
Marine data - surface marine data from around the world
are archived at National Climatic Data Center
Marine weather forecasts (National Weather Service Office of Climate,
Water, and Weather Services)
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)
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 (NCDC) - world’s largest active archive of weather
data (National Environmental, Satellite, Data and Information Service)
National Data Buoy Center - buoys record marine meteorological observations
(National Weather Service)
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) - U.S. forecasts, warnings, and advisories
National Weather Service Internet Weather Source - weather conditions
for past 24 hours, forecasts, watches, and warnings for U.S. and also international weather conditions for past 24 hours
National Weather Service Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services -
oversees delivery of hydrology, meteorology, and climate services and the design and implementation of new products and services
National Weather Service Public Affairs Office
Natural hazard statistics - weather fatalities, injuries, and damages
caused by severe weather such as lightning strikes, tornadoes, tropical cyclones, heat, flooding, cold, winter storms, and wind
(National Weather Service Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services)
Natural hazards data, images, and education (National Geophysical Data Center)
NEXRAD National Mosaic Reflectivity Images -
U.S. radar imagery (National Climatic Data Center)
NOAA Climate Portal (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration)
NOAA Climate Service (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration)
NOAA Weather Radio (National Weather Service Office of Climate, Water, and Weather
Services)
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 - Ozone and Meteorological Conditions in the
Polar Stratosphere (National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center)
Ozone - The Ozone Layer (NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)
Ozone - Stratospheric Ozone (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration)
Polar Orbiting Satellites - POES: Polar Operational Environmental Satellite (National
Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service)
Post Storm Data Acquisition - for selected extreme weather events
occurring between 1997 and 2005 (National Weather Service Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services)
Precipitation - Precipitation frequency information and publications
(Hydrometeorological
Design Studies Center/National Weather Service)
Precipitation - Probable maximum precipitation information and
publications
(Hydrometeorological Design Studies Center/National Weather Service)
Precipitation products (NOAA Satellite Services Division)
Precipitation - USA record point precipitation
measurements (Hydrometeorological Design Studies Center/National Weather Service)
Precipitation - World record point precipitation
measurements (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 Climate Prediction Center)
Relative humidity and dew point tables (National Weather Service
Sacramento Forecast Office)
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 Office of Climate,
Water, and Weather Services)
Severe weather safety (National Weather Service)
Severe weather theme page - information about tornadoes,
thunderstorms, lightning, etc. (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration)
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 for each 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)
3-D Weather Images - the latest 3-D weather images from the NOAA Environmental
Visualization Laboratory
Tornado FAQ (Storm Prediction Center/National Weather Service)
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)
Warnings, watches, and advisories - differences between
them (National Weather Service)
Washington Post's Weather Page - weather for Washington, DC,
as well as international forecasts
Weather Calculators - convert from celsius to fahrenheit, calculate
wind chill, calculate heat index, calculate relative humidity, etc.
(National Weather Service Boston Forecast Office)
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 instrument station -
build your own to include 6 instruments: anemometer (wind speed), weather vane (wind direction),
barometer (atmospheric pressure), screened thermometer (air temperature), hygrometer (humidity), and rain gauge (rainfall)
Weather map symbols (National Weather Service)
Weather-related degree programs (National Severe Storms Laboratory)
Weather satellites - real time (National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information
Service)
Weather terminology - from the National Weather Service Forecast
Office in Louisville, Kentucky
Weather Underground - global weather 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. - this is historical station based data.
The period of record for this summary is 1930-1996 but it varies for individual sites (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 Meteorology, Asheville
(maintained by NOAA, collocated with and operated by the National Climatic Data Center)
World Data Center for Paleoclimatology (operated by the National
Climatic Data Center, collocated with the National Geophysical Data Center)
World Meteorological Organization of the United Nations - link
to WMO publications, news, members by region, etc.
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