Introduction

Data Access:

• Climate Normals

• Climate of the World

• Data Search

• International Climate-Related Datasets

• World Weather Records
  

Climatic Research Support

International Best Tracks Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS)

International Polar Year (IPY)

METAR

Data Exchange

Relevant Links

Contact

Introduction

Photo courtesy Grant Goodge/NCDC

The World Data Center (WDC) for Meteorology, Asheville is one component of a global network of discipline subcenters that facilitate international exchange of scientific data. Originally established during the International Geophysical Year (IGY) of 1957, the World Data Center System now functions under the guidance of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU).

The WDC for Meteorology, Asheville is maintained by the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and is colocated and operated by the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) in Asheville, NC, USA.

In accordance with the principles set forth by ICSU, WDC for Meteorology, Asheville acquires, catalogues, and archives data and makes them available to requesters in the international scientific community. Data are exchanged with counterparts, WDC for Meteorology, Obninsk and WDC for Meteorology, Beijing as necessary to improve access. All data and special data sets contributed to the WDC are available to scientific investigators without restriction.

News:

• For 10th Series WWR 2001-2010 country submission information please contact Russel Vose (Russell.Vose@noaa.gov)

• The NOAA/NCDC Climate Analysis Branch is pleased to announce the release of the Global Historical Climatology Network - Monthly (GHCNM) version 3.0 (beta).  The public is encouraged to provide feedback during this beta phase to help improve and enhance the dataset.  More information can be found at:
  • http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ghcnm
  • ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/ghcn/v3/

To direct questions, comments, or feedback, specific to the GHCNM please e-mail NCDC.GHCNM@noaa.gov

• World Weather Record (WWR) clearinghouse page (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/wdc/index.php?name=worldweatherrecords). Users can find information, and references as well as access and download WWR data either unformatted or in table format. Data available are from 1755 to 2000.

• WMO Regional Association (RA) Climate Normals for 1961 to 1990 were added to the Climate of the World page (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/wdc/index.php?name=climateoftheworld)

Page updated on March 18, 2011