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Southeast Climate Monthly Webinar
A marsh in Pawleys Island, South Carolina
Event Date
February 9, 2021

These webinars provide the region's stakeholders and interested parties with timely information on current and developing climate conditions, such as drought, floods, and tropical storms, as well as climatic events like El Niño and La Niña. Speakers may also discuss the impacts of these conditions on topics such as wildfires, agriculture production, disruption to water supply, and ecosystems. The February 9 webinar also featured a presentation on 2020 in review.

Drought in Alaska – Climate Review: History of Climate Extremes
Event Date
February 16, 2021
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
AKST
Location
Virtual

What does drought look like in Alaska? A series of webinars will be held to explore this topic. The first webinar will look at past climate information, focusing on unusually dry times, and will provide a statewide overview, including tools typically used to access drought/precipitation deficits with Rick Thoman, Alaska climate specialist.

Plant growing in cracked earth.
2020 in Review: A Look Back at Drought Across the United States in 12 Maps
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This series of maps shows a recap of drought across the United States in 2020, covering U.S. Drought Monitor category changes, precipitation and temperature conditions, streamflow and groundwater levels, wildfire, evaporative demand, snow drought, and more.

Global Gridded Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) from CMORPH Daily

The Global Gridded Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) is derived from the CMORPH daily dataset and includes timescales of 1, 3, 6 and 9 months.  The NOAA CMORPH precipitation dataset is a gridded dataset derived from combining numerous microwave-based estimates from low orbiter satellites. 

Data Coverage
Global
Period of Record
1998 to Present
File Format
netcdf-4
Data Type
Satellite

Decision Tools for the Soil Climate Analysis Network (SCAN)

This site provides decision tools and resources using data from weather stations in the SCAN and Tribal SCAN networks. The Soil Climate Analysis Network, also known as SCAN, supports natural resource assessments and conservation activities through its network of automated climate monitoring and data collection sites.

Data Coverage
United States

Gridded Surface Meteorological (gridMET) Dataset

gridMET is a gridded dataset of daily high-spatial resolution (~4-km, 1/24th degree) surface meteorological data using PRISM and NLDAS-2, covering the contiguous U.S. from 1979-present.

Data Coverage
Contiguous U.S.
Period of Record
1979 - Present
File Format
netcdf-3

U.S. Gridded Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) from nClimGrid-Monthly

The US Gridded Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) is derived from the nClimGrid-Monthly dataset and includes timescales of 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 12, 24, 36, 48, 60 and 72 months.

Data Coverage
United States
Period of Record
1895–Present (Base Period 1895–2014)
File Format
netcdf-4
Data Type
Land-based Station

Southeast Climate Perspectives

A one-stop shop tool that places recent temperature and precipitation conditions in both a historical and geographical perspective across the Southeast.

Data Coverage
Regional
United States
Period of Record
Current Conditions
File Format
csv
Data Type
Land-based Station
2020 Drought Update: A Look at Drought Across the United States in 15 Maps
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This series of maps shows the current state of drought in the United States. Included are the factors that have led to the drought, primarily below average precipitation coupled with high to record-breaking temperatures; impacts such as the wildfires burning across the West; experimental drought indicators like the Evaporative Demand Drought Index; and outlooks for the rest of summer and fall.

Climate Toolbox: Seasonal Forecast Graphs

This tool, available as part of The Climate Toolbox, provides a graphical summary of seasonal climate forecasts of temperature and precipitation for the next sever months for a selected location.

Data Coverage
United States
Period of Record
Forecasts
File Format
images
csv
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