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Reference Desk
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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