Interpreting Cimate Data 10/8/2026

This Dashboard links you to extensive resources for investigating all kinds of climate topics.

For the individual websites listed below we include a representative screenshot, below which you can find multiple links to specific site resources.

Actuaries Climate Index

Actuaries Climate Index for U.S. and Canadian Regions, Showing Quarterly Variability. Toggle for Warm Temperature Index, Cool Temperature Index, Extreme Precipitation Index, Consecutive Dry Days Index, Extreme Wind Index, and Sea Level Index

Climate Reanalyzer Assessment of U.S. Data and Trends

Climate Reanalyzer’s U.S. Annual Average Temperature Anomaly to Date. Toggle for U.S. Average, Min, and Max Temperatures, Precipitation and Precipitation Anomalies, and State-Specific Data

NASA Global Earth Observatory

NASA Global Earth Observatory maps and time series are a great way to explore a range of climate variables. Listed below are links to maps you can jump to instantly. Note that not all maps are equally current.

Aerosol Optical Depth Carbon Monoxide Chlorophyll Concentrations Cloud Fraction Earth’s Net Radiation Fire Land Surface Temperature Land Surface Temperature Anomaly Sea Surface Temperature Snow Cover Total Rainfall Vegetation Water Vapor

NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information

NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information is a great source of all kinds of climate relevant information. The screenshot above, for example, represents U.S. tornado activity. The links below point you to specific reports you can instantly access.

Global Haywood Time Series Global Temperature Anomalies Monthly Assessment of U.S. Climate Monthly Assessment of the Global Climate Monthly U.S. Wildfires Report Monthly U.S. Drought Report Monthly Synoptic Discussion of the U.S. Climate Monthly Global Drought Narrative Monthly Tropical Cyclones Report 2023 U.S. Billion-Dollar Events, Risks, Time-Series and More Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Monthly Global Drought Narrative Monthly Global Regional Analysis Monthly Temperature Anomalies Monthly U.S. National Climate Report National Overview - June 2016 NOAA Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters NOAA U.S. Climate Extremes Index (CEI): Graph November 2023 Global Snow and Ice Report U.S. Climate Extremes Index (CEI): Graph U.S. Daily, Monthly, All Time Weather Records Summary

Climate.gov’s Understanding Climate

Climate.gov’s Understand Climate site organizes a lot of useful information. The links below point to some of the topics you can instantly jump to. Note that resources on the site can be very recent as well as quite dated (although that’s primarily because the content is unlikely to change much.

Incoming Solar Energy Annual Greenhouse Gas Index Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Average Global Temperature Change Arctic Sea Ice Summer Minimum Northern Hemisphere Spring Snow Cover Mountain Glacier Mass Balance Global Sea Level Rise Ocean Heat Content Change Arctic Oscillation North Atlantic Oscillation Oceanic Niño Index

EPA’s Climate Change Indicators

NOTE: The U.S. EPA has deleted the Climate Indicators pages listed below. We're hoping to find the datasets at another source, at which point we'll update this page.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has an extensive website for exploring more than 50 climate change indicators in the United States. You can jump directly to specific indicator pages through the links below. Bear in mind that not all the indicator pages are equally current

Bird Wintering Ranges Coastal Flooding Drought Freeze-Thaw Conditions Glaciers

Great Lakes Water Levels and Temperatures Heat-Related Deaths Heat-Related Illnesses Heating and Cooling Degree Days Heavy Precipitation High and Low Temperatures Ice Sheets Lake Ice Leaf and Bloom Dates Length of Growing Season Lyme Disease Marine Species Distribution Ocean Acidity Ocean Heat Permafrost Ragweed Pollen Season River Flooding Sea Ice - Antarctic Sea Ice - Arctic Sea Level Sea Surface Temperature Snow Cover Snowfall Snowpack Stream Temperature Streamflow Tropical Cyclone Activity U.S. and Global Precipitation U.S. and Global Temperature West Nile Virus Wildfires

Additional Resources

EXPERT/NGO ANALYSIS

• James Hansen Global Temperature Page
• Ed Hawkins Climate Visuals Page
• U.S. Actuaries Climate Index
• 2021 30 Years of Wildfires in America
• Roger Brugge's Inventory of Extreme Events 1994-2024
• Roger Brugge’s Inventory of 2024 Extreme Events
• 2018 Surface Temperature Anomalies 1850-2017
• Annual Heat Wave Index in the United States 1895-2015
• Number of recorded drought events
• Number of recorded natural disaster events
• Number of recorded natural disaster flood events 1900-2019
• Wildfire acres burned in the United States 1983-2017

NOAA GLOBAL MONITORING LABRATORY

• Monthly global CH4 last five years
• NOAA AGGI Annual Greenhouse Gas Index
• NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory

ON-POINT INFOGRAPHICS

• 120 years of Australian rainfall