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Weather and Astronomical Data

National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration
  • National Weather Services Home Page
         www.nws.noaa.gov
              Links to Current Weather (warnings, forecasts, maps and observations), Climate and Historical Data, Weather Topics and N.W.S. Administrative Information.
  • National Weather Services Climate Tables
         www.nws.noaa.gov/climatex.shtml
              Includes charts for monthly and seasonal average temperature and precipitation for 150 U.S. weather stations derived from 1961-90 data.
  • Interactive Weather Information Network
         iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/graphicsversion/main.html
              Links to local, national and world weather information using clickable map image; state information includes hourly reports, forecasts, and climatic data; site includes weather videos and national warnings (flood, non-percipitation and winter storm).
  • Products
         win.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/national.html
              Textual and tabular data including National Weather Summary, National Flood Summary, Hurricane and Tropical Storm Reports, National Travelers Forecast (selected cities for two days), Selected Temperature and Precipitation Tables and others.
Other Providers
  • AccuWeather
         www.accuweather.com
              
  • Current U.S. Weather Maps
         www.mit.edu:8001/usa.html
              Covers the continental U.S.; shows temperature, cloud coverage, current precipiation, wind speed and direction, fronts, and barometric pressure; maps are attractive and multi-colored site and will print on a single sheet of paper.
  • New York Times
         www.nytimes.com/weather
  • TV Weather
         tvweather.com
  • Weather.com
         www.weather.com
              
  • WebWeather
         www.webweather.com
              Includes 5 day forecasts for 800 U.S. cities by region and 700 international cities by region. Also includes U.S. satellite map. Search for a weather region by zip code, city or state.
  • Weather Images
         weatherimages.org
              
  • Weather Underground
         www.wunderground.com/
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