Climatological Data - United States

Below is a list of resources with U.S. climatological data, including reference books, and current and historical data organized chronologically.

REFERENCE:

Title	Call Number
Climates of the States. Ruffner, James A. 3rd ed., 1985 Provides narrative summaries, tables and maps for each state with cumulative monthly weather averages between 1951 and 1980 for temperature and precipitation. Describes topographical features, the local economy, climate, droughts, storms and other weather for each state. Appendix to Vol. 2: 'Atlas of state climates' For 1931-1952, includes mean maximum temperatures and precipitation plotted on maps for each state.	*R QC983.C56 1985
Places rated almanac : your guide to finding the best places to live in North America. New York, NY: Macmillan, Millennium ed. (2000) This volume, which covers cities in the U.S. and Canada, devotes a chapter to climate. It lists the top cities with respect to specific climatic characteristics, for example: predominance of wind, rain, snow, sun. In addition, it rates 354 metro areas according to climate and provides brief profiles of 212 weather stations.	*R HN60.B284
Weather America: The Latest Detailed Climatological Data for Over 4,000 Places with Rankings. Garwood, Alfred N. (ed.), 1996 For all US states has general description of physical features, general climate, temperature, precipitation, snowfall, floods, winds and storms, and more. Monthly and yearly data comes from 4,158 weather stations and is based on thirty-year average 1965-1994. Data includes heating and cooling degree days. Weather stations are ranked according to temperature and precipitation data.	*R QC983 .W385