NCDC DATA/PRODUCT SELECTION MATRIX

Locate a U.S. Weather Station * U.S. Hourly/Daily, Printable Form (1996-Present) * U.S. Hourly/Daily #2, Printable Form (1996-Present) * U.S. Hourly Precip, ASCII Files (1948-Present) *
U.S. 15-Minute Precip, ASCII Files (1971-Present) * Global Hourly, ASCII Files & Printable Forms * U.S. Daily, ASCII Files & Printable Forms (1948-Present) * Global Daily, ASCII Files (1994-Present)
Global Daily, Graphs & Files (1994-Present) * World War II Daily (1940-1945) U.S. Monthly by Climate Division (1895-Present) * U.S. Monthly, ASCII Files (1948 - Present) *
Global Monthly, GHCN (1800-2000) Global Monthly, ASCII Files (1986 - 2001) * Satellite Data Satellite Images of Significant Events *
NEXRAD Radar Data and Images * Surface Data Inventories & Information Upper Air Data Inventories & Information NWS Charts *
Extreme Weather and Climate Events NCDC Publications NCDC CDROMs Links to Other WWW Sites
(See footnotes below for further information)

Red * indicates this product has extensive user selection options, such as by station, state, etc.
Hourly = hourly surface observations, usually 24 weather observations per day.
Daily = summary of surface data for the day, such as maximum/minimum temperature.
Monthly = summary of surface data for the month, such as mean temperature, total precipitation.
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