Weather and Climate Quick Links

Hourly, daily, and monthly climatic data for many U.S. cities.

• Local Climatological Data
• Data Tool | Sample: Period of Record for station; certification charges apply.
• Global Hourly CSV File Access | Sample: Period of Record for station; certification charges apply. 
• LCD CSV File Access
• LCD Monthly PDF - Certification charges apply; available through 2017.
• Edited Annual (Online LCD Annual) - Certification charges apply

Certified Data | Station List 

Formatted and/or ASCII output of data types, which includes daily, monthly, and yearly temperature, precipitation, and snow records over global land areas; includes Cooperative Observer Program (COOP) data

• GHCN-Daily | Sample
• Global Summary of the Month | Sample
• Global Summary of the Year | Sample
• Individual Station Original | Sample
• GHCN-Daily FTP Access | Sample
• GHCN-Monthly File Access | Sample
• GHCN-Yearly File Access | Sample

Certified Data 

As of Jan 2012,GHCN-Daily is now the official archive. As of Dec 2016, GHCN-Monthly and GHCN-Yearly are now in the official archive.

*Certified copies of the original 'COOP' forms (item 3 above) may be purchased by visiting the IPS system. 

Digital dataset of detailed hourly observational climate data for thousands of locations worldwide.

• Global Hourly (ISD)
• ISD Data Access

• U.S. Climate Normals Product Information and Data Access: Monthly, daily, annual/seasonal, and hourly Normals for 1991–2020 and 1981–2010.

Severe weather reports on damages, injuries, deaths, and more for U.S. locations

• Storm Data Publication (Last Issue 11/2018)
• NCEI Storm Events Database: Search engine tool for severe weather events by location (currently only from 2006 forward).
• NOAA's Severe Weather Data Inventory: System providing the ability to search records covering a particular time period and geographic region.

Daily and monthly climatic data for hundreds of locations within a U.S. state.

• Individual Monthly Issue
• Individual Annual Issue

Collection of 15 minute and hourly precipitation data for many locations within a U.S. state.

• 15 Minute Precipitation (DSI-3260 through12/2013)
• Hourly Precipitation Data
• Hourly Precipitation Data CSV File Access
• Hourly Precipitation Data Publication
• Rainfall Frequency Atlas

• Analysis and Forecast Charts: National Weather Service charts archived at NCEI
• CLIMAPS—PDF or ESRI: Various long-term climatic data depicted on U.S. maps.
• Selected Maps Publication: Various long-term climatic data depicted on U.S. maps.

Climatic averages and extremes for major U.S. cities.

• CCD Publication

Climatic wind data from NCEI's LCD publication, U.S. Air Force climatic briefs, and more.

• Climatic Wind Data for the U.S.

Derived from U.S. station data, including the cooperative network, into monthly composite means by climate division.

• Climate at a Glance
• History of the US Climate Divisional dataset
• Climate Indices FTP Access

Global daily climatic data.

• Global Summary of the Day

The USHCN consists primarily of long-term COOP stations whose monthly temperature records have been adjusted for systematic, non-climatic changes that bias temperature trends.

Climate products from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (RCCs) and National Weather Service (NWS).

• National Weather Service (NWS): Current National Weather Service Products
• Regional Climate Center (RCCs): NOAA's Regional Climate Centers
• American Association of State Climatologists: Access to State Climatologists