Ivan Gillis

Since climate and weather are a major factor to most folks in selecting their retirement home locations, the following sites are provided for use in making your selection.

CLIMATE, WATER & WEATHER LINKS

Aviation Weather                    www.aviationweather.noaa.gov/

Education Outreach                www.weather.gov/os/edures.shtm

Flooding Water                        www.floodsafety.noaa.gov/

Hurricane Awareness              www.weather.gov/om/hurricane/index.shtml

Lightning  Safety                      www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/

Marine Weather                       www.weather.gov/os/marine/home.htm

MIC/WCM/SOO/DOH List      www.weather.gov/os/wcm-soo.pdf

Natural  Hazards Statistics     www.weather.gov/os/hazstats.shtml

National Digital Forecast

Database                                 www.weather.gov/ndfd/

NOAA Weather Radio

Information                                www.weather.gov/nwr

Past Weather/Climate*          www.noaa.gov/pastweather.html

Publications List                     www.oceanservice.noaa.gov/pubs/welcome.html

Rip Current Awareness          www.ripcurrents.noaa.gov/

Storm Ready Home Page     www.stormready.noaa.gov/

Severe Weather Safety          www.weather.gov/os/sevreweather/index.shtml

*  This site has several useful sites regarding weather history and weather patterns across the county.

NOAA Climatic Data Center -- the world's largest reservoir of archived climate and weather data.
	Monthly U.S. Statewide, Regional, National Rank Maps and Other National Data
	Local Climatological Data -- Daily updates of station-by-station observations throughout the U.S.
	Latest Monthly Climate Report -- including Global data and extreme events (A complete summary of U.S. and global conditions for the most recent month.)
	U.S. Statewide / Regional Moisture Status -- State by State Drought Status
	Locate Weather Observation Station Record -- Search for weather stations across the USA by zip code, state, etc.
	U.S. Air Stagnation Maps -- climate conditions that contribute to poor (or good) air quality in the summer months, particularly tropospheric ozone, smog
	U.S. Snow Monitoring -- daily updates of the previous day's snowfall and snow depth throughout the U.S.
	GIS Map-based Access to Global Weather/Climate Data
	Climate Data Online -- User-driven data selection by country, state, station, time series, etc; from various datasets, for full period of record available
	Global Summary of Day -- global daily data for various elements such as temperature, precipitation, snow depth, wind speed, etc; updated weekly
	Extreme Weather and Climate Events -- recent and historical information on weather events, weather disasters, global extremes, etc.
	Search 108 years of archived weather data for the United States.
NOAA Climate Prediction Center
	Selected Cities Weather Summary and Forecasts -- NOAA Hydrometeorological Prediction Center
	Heating and Cooling Degree Days Statistics (weekly, monthly and archived)
	USA Climate Data and Maps
	Monitoring and Data (USA, Global climate data and maps)
	Heating and Cooling Degree Days Outlooks (Weekly Forecast)
	Special Outlook Products (UV daily forecasts, Palmer drought outlooks, soil moisture outlooks, etc.)