NCEI manages the Regional Climate Center (RCC) Program, now known as the Regional Weather Records Center (RWRC) Program, which provides climate services to six regions encompassing the United States. RWRCs provide efficient, user-driven services that cover three important categories:
- Provision and development of sector-specific and value-added data products and services
- Establishment of robust, efficient digital infrastructure for providing climate information
- Seamless integration and storage of non-NOAA climate data with traditional NOAA data sources
Regions
High Plains
The High Plains Regional Weather Records Center (HPRWRC) provides services to the 6 states of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming.
Midwestern
The Midwestern Regional Weather Records Center (MRWRC) serves the nine-state Midwest region of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
Northeast
The Northeast Regional Weather Records Center (NRWRC) serves Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, and West Virginia and Washington D.C.
Southeast
The Southeast Regional Weather Records Center (SERWRC) serves Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Southern
The Southern Regional Weather Records Center (SRWRC) provides services to the 6 states of Arkansas, Tennessee, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Oklahoma.
Western
The Western Regional Weather Records Center (WRWRC) provides services to Arizona, California,, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington.
