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Grassland Production Forecast (Grass-Cast)

Grass-Cast indicates for ranchers and rangeland managers what productivity is likely to be in the upcoming growing season relative to their own county’s 34-year history.

Data Coverage
United States
Period of Record
1900-2017, Forecasts
File Format
images
pdf
csv

Gridded Climate Datasets: Applied Climate Information System (ACIS) NRCC Interpolated (Grid 1)

ACIS NRCC Interpolated (Grid 1) is a gridded dataset that includes area averages of daily maximum, minimum, and average temperatures and daily precipitation amounts for the contiguous United States from January 1, 1950 to the present.

Data Coverage
Contiguous U.S.
Period of Record
1950 – Present
File Format
text (ascii)
geotiff
Data Type
Land-based Station

Gridded Climate Datasets: NOAA's nClimGrid - Daily

nClimGrid-Daily is a gridded dataset that includes area averages of daily maximum, minimum, and average temperatures and daily precipitation amounts for the contiguous United States from January 1, 1951 to the present.

Data Coverage
Contiguous U.S.
Period of Record
1951 – Present
File Format
text (ascii)
csv
netcdf-4
Data Type
Land-based Station

Gridded Climate Datasets: NOAA's nClimGrid - Monthly

The nClimGrid-monthly dataset is a gridded dataset derived from spatially interpolating data from the Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN), including precipitation (monthly totals) and temperature (monthly average, minimum and maximum), from 1895 to the present.

Data Coverage
United States
Period of Record
1895 - Present
File Format
text (ascii)
netcdf-4
Data Type
Model