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NCEI Find a Station Tool

NCEI Find a Station tool: a tool for retrieving weather records from observing stations by entering the desired location, data set, data range, and data category.

Data Coverage
United States
Period of Record
Current Conditions, Historical data (period of record varies)
File Format
pdf
text (ascii)
csv
Data Type
Land-based Station

NCEI Past Weather Tool

The NCEI Past Weather Tool allows users to search for historical temperature, precipitation, snowfall, and snow depth data for individual weather stations across the United States, as well as many international locations. Stations are part of the GHCN (Global Historical Climatology Network)-Daily dataset. 

Data Coverage
Global
Period of Record
1763–Present (Varies by Station)
File Format
pdf
text (ascii)
csv
json
xml
Data Type
Land-based Station

NCEI Temperature and Precipitation Products

NCEI provides a variety of temperature and precipitation products available at the National and Global scale.

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

NDMC Drought Management Database

The NDMC Drought Management Database is a growing collection of information about what has been tried in responding to and preparing for drought in the United States.

Data Coverage
United States
File Format
pdf
text (ascii)
other
Data Type
Land-based Station