Regional to Global Climate Watch

Midwest

• Midwest Climate Watch - Midwest Regional Climate Center

Contains maps of precipitation, temperature and growing degree days for Midwest on time scales ranging from seven to thirty days.  Weekly and monthly Climate Highlights available in narrative form.

United States

• Recent weather and climate data from NOAA National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
  • Climate Monitoring -- general page with numerous links
  • "State of the Climate: National Overview" - contains maps and narrative of last several months across the United States.
  • US Climate At A Glance (monthly temperature and precipitation data) - NOAA National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
  • US Records --NOAA NCDC
  • Temperature and precipitation (NCDC)
  • Weekly Palmer Drought Indices
     
• National High-resolution Precipitation Maps from NOAA Multi-sensor Precipitation Estimates (from NWS Radar Observations and rain gauge data):
  • 1-day to 1-year Multi-sensor Precipitation Estimates
  • Hourly Precipitation Estimates (Experimental)
     
• NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory
  Recent Surface Observations over the U.S. Continental US
   
• NOAA Climatic Diagnostic Center
(CDC)
• 15, 30, 60, and 90 Day Precipitation (maps) - NOAA CDC
• Interactive Snow Information -- NOAA
NOHRSC
• Temperature Analyses (maps) - NOAA Climate Prediction Center (CPC)
• Summary Tables for selected cities from NOAA CPC
  • Most recent week:
    Weekly Temperature Data Summary
    Weekly Precipitation Data Summary
  • Previous Month
    Monthly Temperature Data Summary
    Monthly Precipitation Data Summary
• Degree Day Statistics Tables from NOAA CPC
• Degree Day Maps for US from NOAA CPC
  Last week , Season to date

Canada/North America

• "Climate Trends and Variations Bulletin"  from Environment Canada

  • National temperature and precipitation
    Narrative of historical perspective for previous meteorological season on national scale
       Archive of past bulletins
  • Regional temperature and precipitation
    Narrative for regions of Canada for previous meteorological season
  • Research indicates warm spells in winter more severe than "cold snaps."
• "Droughts in North America"  A three-page fact sheet (2011)
  in pdf format from Earth Gauge (National Environmental Education Foundation).

Global

• Record Global Temperatures in 2010 - Report from NOAA
   
• From National Climatic Data Center
  • Climate Monitoring -- general page with numerous links
  • "State of the Climate: Global Analysis - contains maps and narrative of last several months across the globe.
  •  Global Hazards -- contains narratives of recent major natural hazard events across the globe.
• NOAA Climate Prediction Center
  North and South America Precipitation -
Global Precipitation
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• Global Climate Animated Maps from NASA Earth Observatory
   Global monthly maps of various key components of Earth's climate system obtained from NASA satellites placed into animation.

Forecasts & Outlooks

• Long-term National Outlooks (beyond one week) (from Climate Prediction Center)
• Monthly and seasonal forecasts for Canada (from Environment Canada)