Other Climate Data Links & Maps

Climate Offices and NOAA Affiliates

• Climatology Pages for Wisconsin NWS Field Offices
  • NWS Sullivan (Milwaukee and Madison)
  • NWS Green Bay
  • NWS La Crosse
  • NWS Duluth (Northwestern Wisconsin)
  • NWS Chanhassen/Twin Cities (West central Wisconsin)
  • NWS Central Region Climate

Map of the NWS Office coverage (County Warning Areas) for Wisconsin
 
• Central Region NWS Offices


• Nationwide NWS Offices


• Previous Day's Climate Report for:

  Eau Claire (EAU)	La Crosse (LSE)	Milwaukee (MKE)
  Green Bay (GRB)	Madison (MSN)	Rhinelander & Wausau (after Green Bay Report)



• Current Month's Preliminary Climatological Data (CF6) for:

  Boscobel (OVS)	Madison (MSN)	Rhinelander (RHI)
  Eau Claire (EAU)	Marshfield (MFI)	Wausau (AUW)
  Green Bay (GRB)	Milwaukee (MKE)	Wisconsin Rapids (ISW)
  La Crosse (LSE)	Oshkosh (OSH)



• Retrieve Climate Data from National Weather Service Reporting Stations in Wisconsin
• Midwestern Regional Climate Center and Midwest State Climatology Offices:
  • Illinois
  • Iowa
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • Missouri
  • Indiana
  • Kentucky
  • Ohio


• Other Regional Climate Centers in the US


• National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), formerly National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)


• Hourly Weather Data for the last two days for NWS stations

  Antigo (AIG)	Madison (MSN)	Rice Lake (RPD)
  Appleton (ATW)	Manitowoc (MTW)	Rhinelander (RHI)
  Ashland (ASX)	Marshfield (MFI)	Rusk Co. (RCX)
  Baraboo-Dells (DLL)	Medford (MDZ)	Sheboygan (SBM)
  Boscobel (OVS)	Merrill (RRL)	Siren (RZN)
  Burlington (BUU)	Menomonie (LUM)	Sparta-Ft. McCoy (CMY)
  Clintonville (CLI)	Milwaukee Mitchell (MKE)	Stevens Point (STE)
  Eagle River (EGV)	Milwaukee Timmerman (MWC)	Sturgeon Bay (SUE)
  Eau Claire (EAU)	Mineral Point (MRJ)	Superior (SUW)
  Fond du Lac (FLD)	Minocqua-Woodruff (ARV)	Tomahawk (TKV)
  Green Bay (GRB)	Monroe (EFT)	Wisconsin Rapids (ISW)
  Hayward (HYR)	Mosinee (CWA)	Volk-Camp Douglas (VOK)
  Kenosha (ENW)	New Richmond (RNH)	Watertown (RYV)
  Janesville (JVL)	Osceola (OEO)	Waukesha (UES)
  Juneau (Dodge Co., UNU)	Oshkosh (OSH)	Waupaca (PCZ)
  La Crosse (LSE)	Phillips (PBH)	Wausau (AUW)
  Land O’ Lakes (LNL)	Prairie du Chien (PDC)	West Bend (ETB)
  Lone Rock (LNR)	Racine (RAC)



• Morning summary for all Wisconsin stations (max-min temp., precip., snowfall)


• Morning and Evening abbreviated list (max-min temp., precip. snowfall)
  Note: Archive of past "hydrometeorological data" for these stations is available.


• NOAA Central Library


• NOAA Earth System Monitor


• NWS Weather Information Network (text version)

 
• Data Portal for Teachers
   

Free NCDC Data

• Observed Data (Comparative Climatic Data series)
  • Highest Temperature on Record (F)
  • Lowest Temperature on Record (F)
  • Mean Number of Days w/ Maximum Temperature 90F or Higher
  • Mean Number of Days w/ Minimum Temperature 32F or Lower
  • Mean Number of Days w/ Precipitation 0.01 inches or More
  • Snowfall (including ice pellets and sleet) - Average Total (inches)
  • Average Wind Speed (mph)
  • Maximum Wind Speed (mph)
  • Average Percent Possible of Sunshine
  • Cloudiness - Mean Number of Days (Clear, Partly Cloudy, Cloudy)
  • Average Relative Humidity - Morning (M), Afternoon (A)


• Climate Normals (1981-2010)
  • Daily Maximum Temperature (F)
  • Daily Minimum Temperature (F)
  • Daily Mean Temperature (F)
  • Heating Degree Days (July-June, base 65F)
  • Cooling Degree Days (Jan-Dec, base 65F)
  • Precipitation (inches)


• Additional information for Comparitive Climatic Data publications:
  • Data Table Notes
  • Download set of text files
  • Complete "Comparative Climatic Data For the United States through 2012" publication (145-page pdf document)
  • Complete "Comparative Climatic Data For the United States through 2012" publication (145-page pdf document)>
  
  
• NCDC Extreme Weather and Climate Events


• NCDC US Climate Extremes Index


• NCDC National Climate Extremes Committee


• NCDC State Climate Extremes Committee

Climate Monitoring and Assessment

• NOAA Climate Services Portal-- www.climate.gov
  "Science & Information for a Climate-Smart Nation" Topic Tabs: /News & Features, /Maps & Data, /Teaching Climate
• Short-term Climate Monitoring and Analysis (Climate Prediction Center)
  • US Precipitation Analyses
  • US Temperature Analyses
  • US Snow Cover Analyses
  • US Degree Day Monitoring

Historical trends for seasonal temperature and precipitation across US 
 
• Climate Diagnostics Bulletin
(CPC)

• NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory Physical Sciences Division (ESRL/PSD) (formerly, NOAA Climate Diagnostics Center)


• NCEP Reanalysis Electronic Atlas - NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory


• NOAA Climate Program Office


• NCDC Climate Monitoring


• Historical weather maps:
• Daily US Surface Weather Maps
  from US Weather Bureau & National Weather Service [1871-2002] [2003-Present]
• Daily North American Surface & Upper Air Maps from NCDC [1994-Present]


• National Atlas - Climate


• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
  • Global Hydrology and Climate Center
  
  
  • Goddard Institute for Space Studies Datasets and Images
    
  
  
• Global Observing Systems Information Center or  GOSIC Portal 
   (hosted at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Climatic Data Center)
   
• Maps and information from Prism Group at Oregon State University
  See US maps of 1981-2010 normals for monthly and annual maximum and minimum temperatures and precipitation (800-meter resolution)


• Climate Maps from IRI Map Room and Data from IRI Data Library (Columbia University)


• National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) - Wisconsin
  • Climate
  • Wind Rose Data
  • National Water and Climate Center


• Product Generator for Archived Weather and Climate Data - Plymouth State Weather Center


• Upper-Air Sounding Archive - Univ. of Wyoming (1973-present)


• The Weather Where You Live - a list of publications that focus on the climate and weather of a particular area (Rutgers University)


• Environment Canada
  • Weather Office
  • National Climate Data and Information Archive
  • Canadian Ice Service
     
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
  • FAO Statistics Division
  • Climate Information Tool
     
• Flood Information
  • Global Register of Major Flood Events - Dartmouth Flood Observatory

Climate Forecasts

• NOAA Climate Prediction Center Long Range Outlooks


• NOAA El Niño/La Niña Predictions
   
• US Hazards Assessment (forecast) from Climate Prediction Center
   

Astronomical & Time Information

• Data from US Naval Observatory
  • Daily Sun and Moon data for one day
  • Yearly tables of sunrise/sunset (moonrise/moonset) times
  • Other astronomical information topics
  • Use of astronomical data for litigation
    
• Official US Time

Wisconsin-specific Links

• Wisconsin State Cartographer's Office


• Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey


• WisconsinView (Coordinates remote sensing imagery access and use in Wisconsin)


• Wisconsin State Energy Office, Division of Energy, Wisconsin Dept. of Administration


• Wind Data
  • Wisconsin Wind Database (14 stations), Energy and Environmental Research Center
  • Wisconsin Wind Resource Map (at 60m), Energy and Environmental Research Center
  • GIS Wind Data

Air Quality

• Wisconsin DNR Air Monitoring Network


• Air Now


• US Environmental Protection Agency
  • Office of Air and Radiation
  • Air and Radiation Division, Region 5 (includes Wisconsin)


• Air Quality and Atmospheric Chemistry - Global Hydrology and Climate Center (University of Alabama-Huntsville)

Fire Weather

• National Interagency Fire Center
  • Current Wildland Fire Information
  • Wildland Fire Statistics
  • National Fire Maps
     
• Active Fires across US (Forest Service)
  
• SPC Fire Weather Forecast


• NOAA Fire Weather Information Center


• US Fire Risk

Space Weather

• NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center
  • Space Weather Data and Products
• NASA
  • "spaceweather.com"