Weather Stations/Networks

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

NCEI releases a new version of the widely used global land temperature dataset known as the Global Historical Climatology Network–Monthly.

NCEI’s Historical Observing Metadata Repository (HOMR) is an integrated station history database that provides land-based station metadata.

NCEI’s Daily Weather Records Data Tool provides a summary of recent temperature, precipitation, and snowfall station records.

The U.S. Climate Reference Network’s observing stations are equipped with a standard set of sensors to monitor climate.

During Times Square’s first New Year’s ball drop on December 31, 1907, it was 35°F with winds from the west at 20 mph.

During the first Capitol Christmas celebration in Washington, DC, on December 24, 1913, it was sunny with a high of 46°F.

Over 100 U.S. Climate Reference Network, or USCRN, stations across the country stand ready to observe today’s total solar eclipse.

On May 28, 1900, U.S. Weather Bureau meteorologists and scientists traveled to Newberry, South Carolina, to observe a total solar eclipse.

Scientists collaborate with fire managers in the Great Plains to produce a tool for estimating wildfire risk with NOAA and NASA data.