NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) is the world's largest active archive of weather and climate data producing and supplying data and publications for the world.

NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) provides preservation, stewardship, and access to global climate and historical weather data, and continuously monitors and assesses climate variations.

Data Access

• Most Popular Data
• Land-Based Station Data
• Satellite Data
• Radar Data
• Model Data
• Weather Balloon Data
• Marine / Ocean Data
• Paleoclimate Data
• Severe Weather
• Other Data Access

Climate Information

• Climate of the U.S.
• Analyses
• Extreme Events
• Statistical Weather and Climate Information
• Sectoral & Regional
• International
• Science Papers and Publications

Support

• Tools
• Partnerships
• World Data Centers
• Customer Support
• Archiving your Data at NCDC
• Education Resources

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  Product Highlight: The Weather and Climate Toolkit NCDC’s Weather and Climate Toolkit provides simple visualization and data export of the Center's weather and climate data.
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  CycloneCenter.org Reaches 200,000 Classifications On May 15, 2013, CycloneCenter.org celebrated a significant milestone—200,000 classifications!
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  Local is Everything—A Climate.gov Video NCDC’s Deke Arndt talks about how spring temperatures in three U.S. climate divisions compare to the local long-term trend.
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  Pockets of Cold in a Warming World April 18, 2013, Climate.gov released a new video starring Deke Arndt, Chief of the Climate Monitoring Branch at NCDC.
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  DROUGHT: History of the U.S. Monitoring System Severe drought events led to the creation of the National Integrated Drought Information System.

Climate Perspectives

Winter Spotlights Water Issues

Drought improves in the Midwest and Southeast, but low precipitation and snowpack prevails in much of the West.

U.S. Winter Climate Report | Winter Snowfall by City | February Snowstorms | Great Lakes Low

Latest News

• NCDC Releases April 2013 Global Climate Report
• DROUGHT: Products Used for Drought Monitoring
• NCDC Releases April 2013 U.S. Monthly Climate Report
• NCDC’s Mike Brewer is NOAA’s Employee of the Month
• NCDC Releases New Strategic Vision

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• 2013 Products and Services Guide Available Online

  The NCDC 2013 Products and Services Guide provides an overview of the wide range of products and services we offer. A free PDF copy of the guide is available on the NCDC website.

• 2011 State of the Climate Report Released

  July 10, NOAA released the 2011 State of the Climate report, a peer-reviewed report compiled by 378 scientists from 48 countries around the world.