Sources of weather and climate data
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Due to rain in the Southeast this week, drought decreased in area in the Carolinas and dry conditions also contracted in Georgia and were eliminated in Florida. But Alabama missed the most beneficial rains and drought conditions expanded there from 8 to 13 percent of the state. You can view your own area at https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Home.aspx.
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NOAA has put their updated climate atlas online. You can read about it and try it out at https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/climateatlas/. In addition to average values of temperature and precipitation, it also has maps of individual years. It also has a nifty slider feature that allows you to compare maps. Check it out!
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The Southeast Regional Climate Center has a good source of NWS cooperative weather data linked on their web site at https://sercc.com/nowdatamap. When you click on the link, it provides access to NOAA’s xmACIS data server for the NWS station in the area you clicked on. It’s a menu-driven source of climatological data like daily temperature and…
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Now that hot summer temperatures are coming on, you might need information about the likelihood of heat stress injury to your livestock. USDA has a set of forecast maps which show the likelihood of heat stress each day for the next week based on weather forecast models (the forecasts are produced as a partnership with the National Weather…
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In addition to the data access site cli-MATE from the Midwestern Regional Climate Center, there is another web site which provides access to the National Weather Service’s cooperative weather observing network. It’s called xmACIS and contains a lot of the same information as the cli-MATE site (in fact, it’s built on the same datasets). You…
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Weather Underground posted a story today about how one winery owner in Virginia uses a personal weather station to help manage his vineyards. It shows the benefits of having hyper-local weather data so you know exactly what is happening in your own fields. You can read the story here. Weather Underground collects weather data from many…
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The Climate Learning Network sent out their May newsletter this morning and announced that their new web site has now officially launched. You can visit it at https://www.climatelearning.net/ to get news about climate and agriculture around the country, announcements of new resources and webinars, and other great information. Don’t forget to sign up for their newsletter…