LINKS to 
CLIMATE WEB SITES

Miscellaneous
 

• National Weather Service (NWS)
  • NWS Precipitation Frequency Data Server (PFDS)
     
  • Precipitable Water plots over the Central US (from NWSFO  Rapid City)
         (Note: Precipitable water is the amount of water, expressed in inches,  that could be condensed from all the water vapor extending up to approximately 20,000 ft altitude; these data are obtained from radiosondes, or "weather balloons" that measure the water vapor and radio the data to ground stations.)
  • Snow to Liquid Water Research  (Cooperative Institute for Precipitation Studies, St. Louis  Univ.)
         (Note:  See interactive map that shows  snow to liquid water climatology for each NWS  Forecast Zone)
  • An experimental National Weather Service Precipitation Analysis site allows the user to generate images of accumulated precipitation across the continental US or any state or River Forecast Region covering an interval extending from the most recent 24 hours to the year (calendar or water year)  to date, 
     
• US Naval Observatory
   
  • Sunrise/sunset times, seasons and lunar information
  • The Official US Time
     
• US Army Corps of  Engineers  (USACE)
• Detroit District for Monthly Bulletin of Great Lakes Water Levels

• US National Atlas (Interactive dynamic maps)
   

• Drought Information
  • NOAA's Drought Information Center
  • Current Drought Information from NWS Hydrologic Information Center
  • US Drought Monitor (from National Drought Mitigation Center) and interactive site with national, state and local drought impacts in Drought Impact Reporter
  • North American Drought Monitor
• Climate Maps from Spatial Climate Analysis Service
• NOAA National Data Buoy Center
• National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center (NOHRSC)
  • National Snow Analyses and Animations
  • National Interactive Snow Information
• US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA)
  • Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin
  • National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) - USDA
    • USDA Weekly State Crop Weather Reports
  • US Agricultural Weather Highlights
  • Reports (National Agricultural Statistics Service) for
    •  Field Crops
    •  Crop Production by year from 1995-present  and archives for earlier years (1960s through 1990s)  (includes acreage, area harvested, yield, etc.)
  • Usual Planting and Harvesting Dates for US Field Crops (National Agricultural Statistics Service)
  • Major World Crop Areas and Climate Profiles
  • Climate Page for National Resources Conservation Service, USDA
  • National Water and Climate Center (National Resources Conservation Service, USDA; primarily for western states)

  • Weekly Report - Snowpack/Drought Monitor Update from NRCS (2001-present)

  • Soil Climate Analysis Network (SCAN) for US  (National Resources Conservation Service)
  • US Extreme  Minimum Temperature Maps (From USDA Field Office, Stoneville, MS)
  • National Soil Temperature Map (seasonal)  (Requires pdf reader)
• Precision Agriculture, Lawn & Garden Weather Forecasts by County
   (From Univ. of Kentucky Ag. Weather Center)
• NOAA Central Library
   

See also NCDC Datasets  http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/documentlibrary/other-doc.html and http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/documentlibrary/ds-doc.html

Other Data Sources (Forecasts, Satellite & Radar Images, etc.):
 

• NWS Weather Information Network (text version) (graphics version)
• NCAR Hydrometeorological Networks in the United States (listed by state)