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In the past I’ve discussed the CoCoRaHS network and how citizen scientists from all across the US (and now in Canada and the Bahamas, too) measure daily rainfall using a simple rain gauge. These measurements are invaluable in providing ground truth to what is estimated by radars. Here is a…
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The Drought Monitor identifies areas of drought, but says nothing about areas where things are unusually wet. There is a new tool called the US Water Watcher Tool that is now available for the entire US from the Northwest Climate Toolbox that allows you to highlight various components of the…
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The University of Florida College of Design, Construction and Planning has a new website available for landscape architects which discusses the science of climate change and strategies for adapting to warmer temperatures and rising sea levels. While it is geared for Florida landscape architects, it should contain information that is…
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Just a few minutes before I started writing this, my favorite cat-sitter and friends sent out a Facebook post from their 13th floor vacation condo on Perdido Key west of Pensacola as TS Gordon bears down on them. They are without power and water but so far are safe and…
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If you have ever been asked to provide a summary of your state’s climate, here is a good resource for you. The National Centers for Environmental Information have a set of state climate summaries available at https://statesummaries.ncics.org/. These summaries look at past climate state by state and also look at future…
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If you think you might need climate data but are not sure what you need or where to get it, NOAA has produced a simple primer that provides answers to some of your basic questions about weather and climate data. Check it out at Climate.gov at https://www.climate.gov/maps-data/primer/climate-data-primer. If you are still…
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Wind energy is of limited use in the Southeast, where winds tend to be light for much of the year when high pressure is sitting over the region. The most common places to find wind towers are along coastlines or in mountainous areas along ridges. If you are interested in…
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