National Centers for Environmental Information

NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) hosts and provides public access to one of the most significant archives for environmental data on Earth. Through the Center for Weather and Climate and the Center for Coasts, Oceans, and Geophysics, we provide over 25 petabytes of comprehensive atmospheric, coastal, oceanic, and geophysical data.

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Attending the 2019 AGU Fall Meeting

NCEI scientists are highlighting some of our latest research, products, and services at the 2019 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.

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Are You Dreaming of a White Christmas?

See which places have the best chance of being a winter wonderland on December 25 according to weather history.

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Assessing the U.S. Climate in November 2019

Coast-to-coast snowstorms cause travel delays during Thanksgiving week

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Assessing the U.S. Climate in November 2019

December 9, 2019

Coast-to-coast snowstorms cause travel delays during Thanksgiving week

NCEI Initiates New Data Volume Reporting Method

November 25, 2019

To ensure appropriate planning for and reporting of its archiving systems, NCEI recently changed the way it calculates archive data volumes.

U.S. Drought Monitor Update for December 3, 2019

December 5, 2019

According to the December 3 U.S. Drought Monitor, moderate to extreme drought covers 9.9% of the United States including Puerto Rico.

Automation Improves Access to Data

November 1, 2019

Access to hourly precipitation data speeds up with new improvements to a set of widely used observations.

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