{"id":3622,"date":"2015-06-28T16:33:25","date_gmt":"2015-06-28T20:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/?p=3622"},"modified":"2015-06-28T23:27:10","modified_gmt":"2015-06-29T03:27:10","slug":"climate-data-sources-midwestern-regional-climate-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/2015\/06\/climate-data-sources-midwestern-regional-climate-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate data sources: Midwestern Regional Climate Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are six regional climate centers across the US. \u00a0While the Southeast is covered by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sercc.com\" target=\"_blank\">Southeast Regional Climate Center<\/a>, each of the centers has a variety of tools that can be used across the country to provide weather and climate data. \u00a0Today we will focus on the Midwestern Regional Climate Center and look at some of the products they have to provide climate data we can use in the Southeast. \u00a0Their main website is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mcc.sws.uiuc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/mcc.sws.uiuc.edu\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One of my favorite tools at MCC is the cli-MATE site. \u00a0This website requires a free account sign-up and provides the user with daily and hourly climate data from the National Weather Service observers across the country for their period of records. \u00a0There are a number of tools there to sort by threshold value and look at summary statistics like monthly and annual data as well as download historical data. \u00a0The direct link is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mrcc.isws.illinois.edu\/CLIMATE\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/mrcc.isws.illinois.edu\/CLIMATE\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Another useful source of information at MCC is their Vegetation Impact Program. \u00a0This part of the website provides national maps of frost and freeze data as well as degree day accumulations and other crop-related products. \u00a0The map below shows the accumulated corn stress degree days from the beginning of the year. \u00a0The direct link to this program is at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mrcc.isws.illinois.edu\/VIP\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/mrcc.isws.illinois.edu\/VIP\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A third useful tool is their GIS-based tornado track tool at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mrcc.isws.illinois.edu\/gismaps\/cntytorn.htm\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/mrcc.isws.illinois.edu\/gismaps\/cntytorn.htm<\/a>. \u00a0This zoomable tool allows you to sort by intensity, date and injuries and display by map or county.<\/p>\n<p>I invite you to visit their web site and see all of the useful information they have for the US.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/06\/corn-stress-degree-days-6-28-2015.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3623\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/06\/corn-stress-degree-days-6-28-2015-300x225.png\" alt=\"corn stress degree days 6-28-2015\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/06\/corn-stress-degree-days-6-28-2015-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/06\/corn-stress-degree-days-6-28-2015-184x138.png 184w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/climate\/files\/2015\/06\/corn-stress-degree-days-6-28-2015.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are six regional climate centers across the US. \u00a0While the Southeast is covered by the Southeast Regional Climate Center, each of the centers has a variety of tools that can be used across the country to provide weather and climate data. \u00a0Today we will focus on the Midwestern Regional Climate Center and look at 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