Agriculture, Natural Resources & Climate

Agricultural Weather and Climate

• National Agricultural Statistics Service
  • Wisconsin Crop Progress
    (formerly Wisconsin Crop Weather)
    
    National Crop Progress and Condition
    
    National map of Days Suitable for Fieldwork and Soil Moisture
     
• UW Extension Ag Weather


• Midwestern Regional Climate Center (MRCC)
  

  Midwest Climate Watch

• Season to Date Modified Growing Degree Day Maps for Midwest -- updated daily by MRCC

• First fall freeze map in Wisconsin (updated daily in fall season by MRCC)

• US Department of Agriculture
  • Weather and Climate
  • Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin
  • Global Climate Change


• Wisconsin Weather and Climate Synopsis by County (Univ. of Kentucky)


• UW Extension Ag Weather
  • Volunteer Weather Observers around Wisconsin
  • Solar Radiation Data
  • Evapotranspiration Model


• US Naval Observatory
  • Sunrise/sunset times, seasons, and lunar information
  • Official US Time


• Global Vegetation Health Products - NOAA/NESDIS

            World-Greenness  (Smoothed NDVI)

• Vegetation Drought Response Index VegDRI)(National Drought Mitigation Center)

            Continental US map
            Wisconsin  

• Major World Crop Areas and Climatic Profiles
USDA
 
• World Agricultural Weather Highlights USDA
  
• Regional Climate Maps from NOAA Climate Prediction Center
• Extreme Minimum Temperatures for
  Weekly, 1-month, 3-month, 12-month
   
• Extreme Maximum Temperatures for
  Weekly, 1-month, 3-month, 12-month
   
• Precision Agriculture, Lawn, & Garden Weather Forecasts by County

(University of Kentucky)

• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation (FAO)
  • Climate Impact on Agriculture (Climpag)
  • Statistics Division

Soil

• Soil Climate Analysis Network Stations in Wisconsin

(from National Water and Climate Service, USDA/NRCS)

• Regional Soil Moisture & Drought on our Water Systems page
   
• National Soil Moisture on our Water Systems page

Growing Degree Days

• Long-term variations of Modified Growing Degree Days (base 50°F, ceiling 86°F) Statewide and:
  

  Northwest	North central	Northeast
  West central	Central	East central
  Southwest	South central	Southeast

• Current maps of degree days for Wisconsin
  (from UW Extension Ag Weather)
  • Generic degree day calculator
    with user-specified threshold temperatures
  • Modified Growing Degree Days (base 50°F)
  • Alfalfa Weevil Degree Days
  • Potato-Development Degree Days
  • Tree Pest Development (base 50°F)
     
• Season-to-date Modified Growing Degree Day Maps for Midwest
  (from Midwestern Regional Climate Center) [Maps are generated daily during growing season and posted by 11:30 am Central Time)

Plants

• USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map and Explanation


• USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
  • Crop Production
  • Usual Planting and Harvesting Dates for US Field Crops
   
• Major World Crop Areas and Climatic Profiles


• Ecological Site Information System (ESIS)
• Forage
  • University of Wisconsin
    Forage Research and Extension
    Pastures for Profit (a pdf file)
    
  • US Dept. of Agriculture
    NRCS National Range and Pasture Handbook
• Web Soil Survey

• Corn
  University of Wisconsin Wisconsin Corn Agronomy
• Soybeans
  University of Wisconsin The Soy Report

Livestock

• Heat stress graphs for a variety of animals, provided Iowa State University:
   Background
  • For cattle
  • For swine
  • For laying hens
  • For 15-week hen turkey
• Description of cattle stress model from Oklahoma

Conservation

• National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) - Wisconsin
  • Climate
  • Wind Rose Data
  • National Water and Climate Center
 
• US Forest Service (USDA) - Eastern Region


• National Atlas - Environment


• US Environmental Protection Agency - Water (Wisconsin is in region 5)

Additional Agricultural Data from Wisconsin