The U.S. Climate Extremes Index documents the area of the contiguous United States (or a region therein) that experienced extreme conditions (as defined by the index) during various time periods.
Tracking and understanding hurricanes is important to scientists and climatologists who seek to find patterns and variability as a piece in understanding climate change. For emergency management officials and and those w
NOAA's Geoplatform provides geospatial data, maps, and analytics in support of NOAA's mission through a GIS application using Esri's ArcGIS Online. Maps, Layers, Scenes, Apps and StoryMaps are available to the public for browsing.
The Drought Risk Atlas provides historic data about drought through 2012 for weather stations across the United States that have at least 40 years of records.
Storm Data, a monthly publication, contains a chronological listing, by state, of storms and unusual weather phenomena. Reports contain information on storm paths, deaths, injuries, and property damage.
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.
