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The Climate Explorer

The Climate Explorer offers graphs and maps of observed and projected temperature, precipitation, and related climate variables for every county in the contiguous United States, helping people assess potential exposure, vulnerability, and risk to their assets.

Data Coverage
United States
Period of Record
Historical Data, Forecasts
File Format
images
csv
Data Type
Land-based Station
Model

The Climate Toolbox

The Climate Toolbox is a collection of web tools for visualizing past and projected climate and projected climate and hydrology of the contiguous United States of America.

Data Coverage
United States
Period of Record
Current Conditions, Historical data (period of record varies)
File Format
images
csv
netcdf-4
netcdf-3

The Climate Toolbox: Drought Recovery Tool

The Climate Toolbox’s Drought Recovery Tool allows users to investigate the probability of recovering from drought conditions in the Western U.S. based on past observations from 1920-2020. 

Data Coverage
Regional
Period of Record
1920–2020
File Format
images
Data Type
Model

Topofire

Topofire is a topographically resolved wildfire danger and drought monitoring system for the contiguous U.S. The Topofire model methodology considers terrain and solar radiation, thus better capturing the effect that terrain geometries have on the spatial distribution of energy inputs.

Data Coverage
Contiguous U.S.
Period of Record
1992–2021
File Format
images
netcdf-3
Data Type
Model