Maps & Data

Learn more about how weather data, collected by volunteer observers and automated instruments, is processed into weather and climate data products such as maps, graphics, and models.

Are you new to climate data? Ready to learn or review some of the basics?

From daily temperature readings to tracking of hurricanes across the ocean, monitoring weather gives us a way to check the pulse of the planet. Combining local data from weather stations on the ground with remotely sensed data from instruments on satellites helps build a clear picture of the state of the atmosphere around the world.