Analysis
What is this tool?
Tool to locate weather stations that record daily climate data across the US.
What type of stations/data can be found?
Stations belonging to several networks can be found.These stations offer standard climate variables such as
Maximum/Minimum/Average Temperature,
Snowfall, Snow Depth and Degree Days.
The number of observed variables and the period
of record vary from station to station.
Temporal resolution is daily.
Short description of station networks
Read more about the networks
All data sets are made available through the ACIS system.
ACIS Home Page
What can you do with this tool?
Search for stations in a variety of area,
e.g. country warning area, county, drainage basin, state,
climate division and custom shapes.
Search for stations by availability of climate variable(s).
Find stations with data records within a certain time range
Find available data analysis tools for stations.
What can you find here?
Access to data and analysis tools single weather stations or grid pointsData Listers
- Access to daily data for a weather station
- Access to data for a grid point (daily/monthly(PRISM only)/yearly(PRISM only))
- Monthly Summaries:
Monthly Maximum, Monthly Minimum, Monthly Average, Standard Deviation,
Number of Days (above/below/between thresholds), Range during Month, Monthly Sum - Yearly Summaries: Maximum, Minimum, Mean, Sum
- Inter-year Comparison
- General Climatology
- Data Comparison between gridded and station data
What datasets are available?
All datassets are made available through the ACIS system.1. Station Data
Observed QuantitiesMaximum Temperature (F/C), Minimum Temperature (F/C),
Observation Time Temperature (F/C)
Snowfall (in/mm), Snow Depth (in/mm)
Derived Quantities
Average Temperature (F/C), Heating/Cooling/Growing Degree Days (F/C)
Short description of station networks
Read more about the networks
2. Gridded Data
Observed QuantitiesMaximum Temperature (F/C), Minimum Temperature (F/C)
Derived Quantities
Heating/Cooling/Growing Degree Days (F/C)
Short description of grids
What can you find here?
Access to data and analysis tools for areasData Listers
- Access to data for an area of interest (daily/monthly(PRISM only)/yearly(PRISM only))
- Spatial Summaries (time series over area)
Maximum, Minimum, Mean, Sum - Temporal Summaries (outputs are maps)
Maximum, Minimum, Mean, Sum
- county, county warning area
- climate division, drainage basin
- custom polygon, circle or bounding box
What datasets are available?
All datassets are made available through the ACIS system.1. Station Data
Observed QuantitiesMaximum Temperature (F/C), Minimum Temperature (F/C),
Observation Time Temperature (F/C)
Snowfall (in/mm), Snow Depth (in/mm)
Derived Quantities
Average Temperature (F/C), Heating/Cooling/Growing Degree Days (F/C)
Short description of station networks
Read more about the networks
2. Gridded Data
Observed QuantitiesMaximum Temperature (F/C), Minimum Temperature (F/C)
Derived Quantities
Heating/Cooling/Growing Degree Days (F/C)
Short description of grids
Weather-Bureau-Army-Navy (WBAN)
WBAN numbers were the first major attempt at a coordinated station numbering scheme among several weather reporting authorities. Original participants in the WBAN number plans were the United States Weather Bureau, Air Force, Navy, and Army, and the Canadian Department of Transportation. WBAN numbers are 5-digit IDs.
Cooperative Observer Program (COOP)
A cooperative station is a site where observations are taken or other services rendered by volunteers or contractors. More than 11,000 volunteers take observations on farms, in urban and suburban areas, National Parks, seashores, and mountaintops. Observers generally record temperature and precipitation daily and electronically send those reports daily to the National Weather Service (NWS) and the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The COOP was formally created in 1890 under the Organic Act. Coop identifiers are 6-digit numbers.
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
The FAA location identifier (FAA LID) is a 3- or 4-digit alphanumeric designator. The Civil Aeronautics Administration began publishing three-letter identifiers starting in the 1940s. These were mostly for internal use and did not start appearing in planning documents for pilots until the mid-1960s. In many cases, a three-digit identifier can be "converted" to its ICAO form by adding the appropriate ICAO region letter as the first letter.
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
The WMO identifier scheme was introduced in 1948 by the International Meteorological Organization (later the WMO) to support the "International Meteorological Code". The WMO identifier relies on a 5-digit numeric code to identify a land weather station. The first two digits refer to the geographic area (70-79 North America). The last three digits are loosely referred to as the "station number". The WMO provides free access to all WMO identifier assignments on its website.
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
The ICAO location indicator system was developed around 1955 by the International Civil Aviation Administration. In 1967 the system was published formally. The ICAO code consists of 4-letter identifiers. As of September 2010, there were 13,946 official ICAO assignments in effect.
Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN)
GHCN-Daily is an integrated database of daily climate summaries from land surface stations across the globe. GHCN-Daily is comprised of daily climate records from numerous sources that have been integrated and subjected to a common suite of quality assurance reviews.
GHCN identifiers are 11 character IDs, for example USW00003927.
National Weather Service Location Identifier (NWSLI)
The National Weather Service uses several schemes for identifying stations. It typically relies on the ICAO and WMO identifiers, although several weather forecast offices (WFOs) and weather radar sites that have moved away from airports have been given their own codes which do not conflict with existing codes. Recently it began using four-letter-plus-one-number identifiers for specialized weather requirements such as hydro-meteorological stations. These use three letters which are a mnemonic for the location, followed by the first letter of the U.S. state, followed by a numeral indicating the alphabetical order within that letter (for example, North Carolina stations end with N7). The mnemonic may be the nearest town, or the name of the stream, or a combination of the two; and the same names may be rearranged into different mnemonics for different nearby locations.
ThreadEx
ThreadEx is a data set of extreme daily temperature and precipitation values for 270 locations in the United States. For each day of the year at each station, ThreadEx provides the top 3 record high and low daily maximum temperatures, the top 3 record high and low daily minimum temperatures, the top 3 daily precipitation totals, along with the years the records were set for the date. This archive was developed for the express purpose of conveying general climate perspectives information. It is not appropriate for climate research.ThreadEx IDs consist of 6 characters, for example HSVthr.
Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) are major sponsors of CoCoRaHS. CoCoRaHS is a unique, non-profit, community-based network of volunteers of all ages and backgrounds working together to measure and map precipitation (rain, hail and snow). The network originated with the Colorado Climate Center at Colorado State University in 1998. CoCoRaHS IDs consist of 8 characters, for example NYTM0004.
WBAN numbers were the first major attempt at a coordinated station numbering scheme among several weather reporting authorities. Original participants in the WBAN number plans were the United States Weather Bureau, Air Force, Navy, and Army, and the Canadian Department of Transportation. WBAN numbers are 5-digit IDs.
Cooperative Observer Program (COOP)
A cooperative station is a site where observations are taken or other services rendered by volunteers or contractors. More than 11,000 volunteers take observations on farms, in urban and suburban areas, National Parks, seashores, and mountaintops. Observers generally record temperature and precipitation daily and electronically send those reports daily to the National Weather Service (NWS) and the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The COOP was formally created in 1890 under the Organic Act. Coop identifiers are 6-digit numbers.
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
The FAA location identifier (FAA LID) is a 3- or 4-digit alphanumeric designator. The Civil Aeronautics Administration began publishing three-letter identifiers starting in the 1940s. These were mostly for internal use and did not start appearing in planning documents for pilots until the mid-1960s. In many cases, a three-digit identifier can be "converted" to its ICAO form by adding the appropriate ICAO region letter as the first letter.
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
The WMO identifier scheme was introduced in 1948 by the International Meteorological Organization (later the WMO) to support the "International Meteorological Code". The WMO identifier relies on a 5-digit numeric code to identify a land weather station. The first two digits refer to the geographic area (70-79 North America). The last three digits are loosely referred to as the "station number". The WMO provides free access to all WMO identifier assignments on its website.
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
The ICAO location indicator system was developed around 1955 by the International Civil Aviation Administration. In 1967 the system was published formally. The ICAO code consists of 4-letter identifiers. As of September 2010, there were 13,946 official ICAO assignments in effect.
Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN)
GHCN-Daily is an integrated database of daily climate summaries from land surface stations across the globe. GHCN-Daily is comprised of daily climate records from numerous sources that have been integrated and subjected to a common suite of quality assurance reviews.
GHCN identifiers are 11 character IDs, for example USW00003927.
National Weather Service Location Identifier (NWSLI)
The National Weather Service uses several schemes for identifying stations. It typically relies on the ICAO and WMO identifiers, although several weather forecast offices (WFOs) and weather radar sites that have moved away from airports have been given their own codes which do not conflict with existing codes. Recently it began using four-letter-plus-one-number identifiers for specialized weather requirements such as hydro-meteorological stations. These use three letters which are a mnemonic for the location, followed by the first letter of the U.S. state, followed by a numeral indicating the alphabetical order within that letter (for example, North Carolina stations end with N7). The mnemonic may be the nearest town, or the name of the stream, or a combination of the two; and the same names may be rearranged into different mnemonics for different nearby locations.
ThreadEx
ThreadEx is a data set of extreme daily temperature and precipitation values for 270 locations in the United States. For each day of the year at each station, ThreadEx provides the top 3 record high and low daily maximum temperatures, the top 3 record high and low daily minimum temperatures, the top 3 daily precipitation totals, along with the years the records were set for the date. This archive was developed for the express purpose of conveying general climate perspectives information. It is not appropriate for climate research.ThreadEx IDs consist of 6 characters, for example HSVthr.
Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) are major sponsors of CoCoRaHS. CoCoRaHS is a unique, non-profit, community-based network of volunteers of all ages and backgrounds working together to measure and map precipitation (rain, hail and snow). The network originated with the Colorado Climate Center at Colorado State University in 1998. CoCoRaHS IDs consist of 8 characters, for example NYTM0004.
NRCC Interpolated
Source: Northeast Regional Climate Center (NRCC)
Domain: Continental US
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Date Range: 1950 - Present
Spatial Resolution: 5 km
Climate Variables: Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Precipitation, Degree Days
NRCC Interpolated High Resolution
Source: Northeast Regional Climate Center (NRCC)
Domain: East of Rockies
Date Range: 2007 - Present
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Spatial Resolution: 5 km
Climate Variables: Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Precipitation, Degree Days
PRISM
Source: PRISM Climate Group
Domain: Continental US
Temporal Resolution:
Daily
Date Range: 1981- Present
Spatial Resolution: 4 km
Climate Variables:
Maximum/Minimum/Average Temperature, Precipitation, Degree Days
Version: “4kmD1”
-------- LOCA DOWNSCALED CMIP5 PROJECTIONS --------
GDFL-CM3
Source: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Domain: US, Canada, Mexico
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Date Range: 1950 - 2100
Spatial Resolution: 6 km
Climate Variables: Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Precipitation, Degree Days
Emission Scenarios: rcp45, rcp85
HadGEM2-CC
Source: Met Office Hadley Center
Domain: US, Canada, Mexico
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Date Range: 1950 - 2100
Spatial Resolution: 6 km
Climate Variables: Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Precipitation, Degree Days
Emission Scenarios: rcp45, rcp85
HadGEM2-ES
Source: Met Office Hadley Center (additional HadGEM2-ES realizations contributed by Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais)
Domain: US, Canada, Mexico
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Date Range: 1950 - 2100
Spatial Resolution: 6 km
Climate Variables: Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Precipitation, Degree Days
Emission Scenarios: rcp45, rcp85
CCSM4
Source: The Community Climate System Model
Domain: US, Canada, Mexico
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Date Range: 1950 - 2100
Spatial Resolution: 6 km
Climate Variables: Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Precipitation, Degree Days
Emission Scenarios: rcp45, rcp85
CanESM2
Source: Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis
Domain: US, Canada, Mexico
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Date Range: 1950 - 2100
Spatial Resolution: 6 km
Climate Variables: Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Precipitation, Degree Days
Emission Scenarios: rcp45, rcp85
CESM1-BGC
Source: The Community Earth System Model
Domain: US, Canada, Mexico
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Date Range: 1950 - 2100
Spatial Resolution: 6 km
Climate Variables: Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Precipitation, Degree Days
Emission Scenarios: rcp45, rcp85
CMCC-CMS
Source: The Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici
Domain: US, Canada, Mexico
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Date Range: 1950 - 2100
Spatial Resolution: 6 km
Climate Variables: Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Precipitation, Degree Days
Emission Scenarios: rcp45, rcp85
CNRM-CM5
Source: Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques
Domain: US, Canada, Mexico
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Date Range: 1950 - 2100
Spatial Resolution: 6 km
Climate Variables: Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Precipitation, Degree Days
Emission Scenarios: rcp45, rcp85
MICRO5
Source: Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, the University of Tokyo
Domain: US, Canada, Mexico
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Date Range: 1950 - 2100
Spatial Resolution: 6 km
Climate Variables: Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Precipitation, Degree Days
Emission Scenarios: rcp45, rcp85
ACCESS1-0
Source: ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science
Domain: US, Canada, Mexico
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Date Range: 1950 - 2100
Spatial Resolution: 6 km
Climate Variables: Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Precipitation, Degree Days
Emission Scenarios: rcp45, rcp85
-------- NARRCAP PROJECTIONS --------
CRCM -- Canadian Regional Climate Model
Source: Ouranos Climate Simulation Team / UQAM via NARRCAP
Domain: US
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Date Range: 1970 - 2000, 2040 - 2070
Spatial Resolution: 50km
Climate Variables: Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Precipitation
HRM3 -- Hadley Regional Model
Source: Hadley Centre via NARCCAP
Domain: US
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Date Range: 1970 - 2000, 2040 - 2070
Spatial Resolution: 50km
Climate Variables: Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Precipitation
MM5I -- PSU/NCAR mesoscale model
Source: NCAR-Mesoscale Prediction Group/Penn State via NARCCAP
Domain: US
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Date Range: 1970 - 2000, 2040 - 2070
Spatial Resolution: 50km
Climate Variables: Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Precipitation
RCM3 -- Regional Climate Model Version 3
Source: UC Santa Cruz via NARCCAP
Domain: US
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Date Range: 1970 - 2000, 2040 - 2070
Spatial Resolution: 50km
Climate Variables: Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Precipitation
WRFG -- Weather Research Forecasting Model
Source: Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology spanision of NCAR via NARCCAP
Domain: US
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Date Range: 1970 - 2000, 2040 - 2070
Spatial Resolution: 50km
Climate Variables: Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Precipitation
Source: Northeast Regional Climate Center (NRCC)
Domain: Continental US
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Date Range: 1950 - Present
Spatial Resolution: 5 km
Climate Variables: Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Precipitation, Degree Days
NRCC Interpolated High Resolution
Source: Northeast Regional Climate Center (NRCC)
Domain: East of Rockies
Date Range: 2007 - Present
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Spatial Resolution: 5 km
Climate Variables: Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Precipitation, Degree Days
PRISM
Source: PRISM Climate Group
Domain: Continental US
Temporal Resolution:
Daily
Date Range: 1981- Present
Spatial Resolution: 4 km
Climate Variables:
Maximum/Minimum/Average Temperature, Precipitation, Degree Days
Version: “4kmD1”
-------- LOCA DOWNSCALED CMIP5 PROJECTIONS --------
GDFL-CM3
Source: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Domain: US, Canada, Mexico
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Date Range: 1950 - 2100
Spatial Resolution: 6 km
Climate Variables: Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Precipitation, Degree Days
Emission Scenarios: rcp45, rcp85
HadGEM2-CC
Source: Met Office Hadley Center
Domain: US, Canada, Mexico
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Date Range: 1950 - 2100
Spatial Resolution: 6 km
Climate Variables: Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Precipitation, Degree Days
Emission Scenarios: rcp45, rcp85
HadGEM2-ES
Source: Met Office Hadley Center (additional HadGEM2-ES realizations contributed by Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais)
Domain: US, Canada, Mexico
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Date Range: 1950 - 2100
Spatial Resolution: 6 km
Climate Variables: Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Precipitation, Degree Days
Emission Scenarios: rcp45, rcp85
CCSM4
Source: The Community Climate System Model
Domain: US, Canada, Mexico
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Date Range: 1950 - 2100
Spatial Resolution: 6 km
Climate Variables: Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Precipitation, Degree Days
Emission Scenarios: rcp45, rcp85
CanESM2
Source: Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis
Domain: US, Canada, Mexico
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Date Range: 1950 - 2100
Spatial Resolution: 6 km
Climate Variables: Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Precipitation, Degree Days
Emission Scenarios: rcp45, rcp85
CESM1-BGC
Source: The Community Earth System Model
Domain: US, Canada, Mexico
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Date Range: 1950 - 2100
Spatial Resolution: 6 km
Climate Variables: Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Precipitation, Degree Days
Emission Scenarios: rcp45, rcp85
CMCC-CMS
Source: The Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici
Domain: US, Canada, Mexico
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Date Range: 1950 - 2100
Spatial Resolution: 6 km
Climate Variables: Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Precipitation, Degree Days
Emission Scenarios: rcp45, rcp85
CNRM-CM5
Source: Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques
Domain: US, Canada, Mexico
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Date Range: 1950 - 2100
Spatial Resolution: 6 km
Climate Variables: Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Precipitation, Degree Days
Emission Scenarios: rcp45, rcp85
MICRO5
Source: Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, the University of Tokyo
Domain: US, Canada, Mexico
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Date Range: 1950 - 2100
Spatial Resolution: 6 km
Climate Variables: Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Precipitation, Degree Days
Emission Scenarios: rcp45, rcp85
ACCESS1-0
Source: ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science
Domain: US, Canada, Mexico
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Date Range: 1950 - 2100
Spatial Resolution: 6 km
Climate Variables: Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Precipitation, Degree Days
Emission Scenarios: rcp45, rcp85
-------- NARRCAP PROJECTIONS --------
CRCM -- Canadian Regional Climate Model
Source: Ouranos Climate Simulation Team / UQAM via NARRCAP
Domain: US
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Date Range: 1970 - 2000, 2040 - 2070
Spatial Resolution: 50km
Climate Variables: Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Precipitation
HRM3 -- Hadley Regional Model
Source: Hadley Centre via NARCCAP
Domain: US
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Date Range: 1970 - 2000, 2040 - 2070
Spatial Resolution: 50km
Climate Variables: Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Precipitation
MM5I -- PSU/NCAR mesoscale model
Source: NCAR-Mesoscale Prediction Group/Penn State via NARCCAP
Domain: US
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Date Range: 1970 - 2000, 2040 - 2070
Spatial Resolution: 50km
Climate Variables: Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Precipitation
RCM3 -- Regional Climate Model Version 3
Source: UC Santa Cruz via NARCCAP
Domain: US
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Date Range: 1970 - 2000, 2040 - 2070
Spatial Resolution: 50km
Climate Variables: Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Precipitation
WRFG -- Weather Research Forecasting Model
Source: Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology spanision of NCAR via NARCCAP
Domain: US
Temporal Resolution: Daily
Date Range: 1970 - 2000, 2040 - 2070
Spatial Resolution: 50km
Climate Variables: Maximum/Minimum Temperature, Precipitation
Single Point
Products
- Obtain data for a weather station or a grid point
- Download as .txt, .dat, .xls
- Monthly and annual summary tables and time series
- Climatologies
- Compare station to gridded data at a lon,lat coordinate
Multi Point
Products
- Obtain data for multiple weather stations or grid points
- Summarize data over custom polygons or Climate Divisions, Counties, States, etc.
- Downlaod data as .txt, .dat, .xls
- Compute spatial summaries (Time Series)
- Compute temporal summaries (Maps)
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