Sources of weather and climate data
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The USDA Climate Hubs has just released their new website, which provides information on the individual hubs and activities related to climate and working lands across the US. They still have a few bugs to work out on the pages, but you can check out the national page at https://www.climatehubs.oce.usda.gov/ or go directly to the…
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The Climate Impact Lab is an online web resource that provides interactive maps describing changes in climate that may be expected in the future. The maps provide the ability to look at ranges of changes in temperature and precipitation depending on how much carbon dioxide and methane are put into the atmosphere over time. Basically,…
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A wind rose is a diagram which shows how frequently wind comes from different directions. It can be used for purposes of planning an event or determining where to place a building. I once used wind rose information for a client in Dodge City, KS to help a casino find the sweetest spot for air…
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The American Geosciences Institute has an interesting map of drought risk available at https://www.americangeosciences.org/critical-issues/maps/drought-atlas. It shows a variety of parameters which are related to drought, including rainfall, stream flow and the Drought Monitor map. It also allows you to compare current droughts to previous ones. Check it out! (Note that the image below is not…
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The USDA Southwest Regional Climate Hub’s recent newsletter noted an online article that may be of use to some of you in looking ahead to planning for the future. This is especially important if you are considering purchasing land or switching to new crops which may respond differently to climate than what you are growing…
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Our World in Data has a fascinating look at global production of many different crops at their website https://ourworldindata.org/yields-and-land-use-in-agriculture/. You can use the information to see how yields in different crops have changed over time or see how production varies from one country to another. While it does not break down individual countries into smaller units…
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Many older weather records exist, but because they are stored in ship logs, on paper, or in museum log books, we can’t use them to do modern scientific studies with. If we had access to the data, it would give us a clearer look at long-term weather patterns that we can’t do now. Because of…