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Weather Information
- Local Lubbock weather from WxUSA. There are more links off this page.
- TTU's West Texas MesoNet (Mesoscale Network). Weather and meteorological conditions in the south Texas plains.
- Texas Weather A website that has brought together dozens and dozens of weather and climate links for Texas. Real-time and historical information, radar and satellite images, maps, tornado information, links to NOAA weather for Texas cities--this website has an abundance of information.
- Texas weather from Texas A&M.
- National Weather Service Lubbock Area. Clickable map of current and future weather in Lubbock and the South Plains. Also has historical climate data as well as current river and waterway levels.
- Southern Regional Climate Center Based out of Baton Rouge, this NOAA office covers six states including Texas and contains climatic information. Included are weather forecasts, animated maps, newsletter archives, an electronic climate atlas of the region, temperature and precipitation summaries, Gulf of Mexico storm tracking map and drought information.
- Office of the State Climatologist This website contains online access to Texas Climatic Bulletins (from within two weeks to 1997), general climate information on Texas, and a data query database. This database lets you search for climatic data by individual stations and displays it in plot and/or table form.
- National Climate Data Center U.S. Climate at a Glance. Click on Statewide, then on Texas. Temperature and precipitation information (monthly, seasonally and yearly) statewide from 1895 to today in graph, table or chart format.
- Texas Department of Agriculture Crop and Weather Updates. Links to several weather sources pertaining to Texas.
- Weather links from the Government Documents collection at TTU. As a regional depository, we have access to databases from the National Climate Data Center.
Digital Environmental Data from NCDC and USGS
- The GIS Lab has the following digital environmental data from National Climatic Data Center and US Geological Survey on cd-rom.
| CLIMATE | |
| National Climatic Data Center: Summary of the Day (West 2) | |
| Description | Contains daily weather observations from stations. The data categories are State, Station, Summary, Daily, Bin, Extreme, and History. |
| States | AK HI ID KS MT ND NE OK OR PI SD TX WA |
| Data Source | TD-3200 |
| Period of Record | 1867 - 2003 |
| Data Elements | Maximum temperature, minimum temperature, precipitation, snowfall and evaporation |
| National Climatic Data Center: Hourly Precipitation (West 2) | |
| Description | Contains hourly rainfall measurements from stations. The data categories are State, Station, Summary, Monthly, Daily, Hourly, Event, and Storm. |
| States | AK HI ID KS MT ND NE OK OR PI SD TX WA |
| Data Source | TD-3240 |
| Period of Record | 1900 - 2003 |
| Data Elements | Precipitation |
| National Climatic Data Center: 15 Minute Precipitation (1 CD) | |
| Description | contains quarter-hourly rainfall measurements from over 3,500 stations throughout the United States. The data categories are State, Station, Summary, Monthly, Daily, Fifteen Minute, Event, and Storm. |
| Data Source | TD-3260 |
| Period of Record | 1970 - 2003 |
| Number of Stations | 3,511 |
| Data Elements | Precipitation |
| National Climatic Data Center: Surface Airways (West 2:2) | |
| Description | Contains hourly weather observations from first order stations. The data categories are State, Station, Summary, Daily, Hourly, and History. |
| States | KS NE OK TX |
| Data Source | TD-3280 |
| Period of Record | 1938 - 2003 |
| Data Elements | Wind speed and direction, ceiling height, horizontal visibility, sky cover, altimeter setting, station pressure, sea level pressure, dry bulb temperature, wet bulb temperature, dew point temperature, relative humidity, solar radiation and present weather |
| National Climatic Data Center: Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN) Global Climate (1 CD) | |
| Description | contains monthly temperature, precipitation, and sea level pressure data from over 30,000 stations worldwide. The data categories are WMO Region/Continent, Country, Station Metadata, Parameter/Dataset Index, and Monthly Data. |
| Data Source | Global Historical Climatology Network |
| Period of Record | 1697 - 2004 |
| Number of Stations | 30,547 |
| Data Elements | Mean temperature, mean maximum temperature, mean minimum temperature, total precipitation and mean sea level pressure |
| STREAMFLOW | |
| United States Geological Survey: Daily Values (West 2) | |
| Description | Contains daily observations of streamflow data from stations. The data categories are State, Station, Summary, Daily, Extreme, and Report. |
| States | AK HI ID KS MT ND NE OK OR SD TX WA |
| Data Source | National Water Information System (NWIS) |
| Period of Record | 1854 - 2003 |
| Data Elements | Mean streamflow |
| United States Geological Survey: Peak values (1 CD) | |
| Description | Contains annual peak streamflow data and associated gage height measurements taken at stations. The data categories are State, Station, Annual, Partial, Extreme, Ranking, and Report. |
| Data Source | National Water Information System (NWIS) |
| Period of Record | 1683 - 2003 |
| Number of Stations | 25,854 |
| Data Elements | Maximum instantaneous streamflow |
| WATER QUALITY | |
| United States Geological Survey: Quality of Water - Surface (West 2) | |
| Description | Contains water quality observations taken at analysis sites. The data categories are State, HUC, County, Parameter, Station, Analysis, and Observation. |
| States | AK HI ID KS MT ND NE OK OR SD TX WA |
| Data Source | National Water Information System (NWIS) |
| Period of Record | 1867 - 2003 |
| Data Elements | 5,750 water quality parameters including organics, inorganics, metals, and pesticides |
| United States Geological Survey: Quality of Water - Ground (West 2) | |
| Description | Contains water quality observations taken at analysis sites. The data categories are State, HUC, County, Parameter, Station, Analysis, and Observation. |
| States | AK HI ID KS MT ND NE OK OR SD TX WA |
| Data Source | National Water Information System (NWIS) |
| Period of Record | 1875 - 2003 |
| Data Elements | 5,750 water quality parameters including organics, inorganics, metals, and pesticides |
Weather Links--National and World
- NOAA weather links: National Climatic Data Center, the National Weather Service, and their weather links page.
- Purchase and/or view data from the National Climatic Data Center.
- World Climate. Historical weather averages for over 85,000 climate records.
- Hurricane and Storm Tracking, from Terrapin Associates (an internet firm). Links to Pacific and Atlantic Ocean satellites, storm tracking maps, hurricane studies, and other weather links.
El Niño/La Niña
- NOAA's El Niño Page.
- NOAA's La Niña Page.
- FEMA's El Niño Loss Reduction Center page.
- Center for Oceanic-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (Florida State University) El Niño/La Niña internet resource page.
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