Urbana-Champaign Weather
From the UIUC Department of Atmospheric Sciences
US Daily Weather Maps
An NOAA website that provides access to 1871 to the present. Maps for September 2002 to the present are provided by the National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center.
Illinois State Climatologist Office
So you don’t think that we have exciting weather? Check out this page of interesting maps and data.
Illinois Climate Maps from State Climatologist
1981-2010; precipitation, temperature, snowfall, heating and cooling degree days.
Local Climatological Data
Hourly, daily, and monthly summary weather statistics for 1,600 weather stations across the United States. Illinois stations include Chicago O’Hare (ORD), Rockford (RFD), Moline (MLI), Peoria (PIA), and Springfield (SPI).
Climate Prediction Center
Provides weather forecasts for the next week or the next month, along with climatic information on events such as El Nino and La Nina, tropical storms, and other weather-related data.
National Centers for Environmental Information
Formerly the NOAA National Climatic Data Center. Preservers and provides public access to climate and historical weather data and information
US Climate at a Glance
From the National Centers for Environmental Information. Offers national maps of mean temperature and precipitation by month from 1900 to the present. Regional, state, and some city data that can be graphed.
Extreme Events
From the National Centers for Environmental Information. Links to data and descriptive information about severe weather events in recent history. Covers hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, temperature extremes, and other severe weather happenings. For some events, radar, and/or satellite images are provided.
Tornado Project Online
All kinds of interesting information about tornadoes, from personal experiences and myths about tornadoes to summaries of recent and historical tornadoes and an explanation of the Fujita scale used to classify tornadoes.
NASA Online VLF Receiver
Listen to the very low frequency (VLF) “songs of the Earth” live!! Including the “sferics,” “tweeks,” and “whistlers” of lightning.
Surface Wind Map
The data is supplied by the National Digital Forecast Database, and the map is a really nifty visual! It may be slow to load, and they recommend viewing it in Google Chrome.