Popular Climate Resources

With a seemingly overwhelming amount of climate data and information available from countless sources, the NOAA Central Region Collaboration Team has developed a resource designed to ensure connections to numerous regional climate services partners in the region and bring together in once place easy access to popular tools, trustworthy information, and the latest resources for our region. Bookmark this new page and you will be two clicks from accessing climate and drought outlooks, monthly webinars, data, graphs, maps, and more!

Monthly Climate Summary and Outlook Webinars
Webinars designed to summaries recent conditions, review past and potential future impacts, and provide the latest outlooks. Time is reserved for questions and discussion. Register for the next webinar and access recordings... offsite link

Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook Reports
Two-page reports on regional climate impacts with an overview of recent conditions and outlooks. Access the latest and past reports...

El Niño/La Niña Impacts and Outlook Reports
Regional Summaries of impacts of El Niño/La Niña events and what communities might expect when new conditions are pendingAccess the latest and past reports....

National Climate Assessment
The two-part congressionally mandated report by the U.S. Global Change Research Program assesses the science of climate change and variability and its impacts across the United States, now and throughout this century. View the report...

Climate Resilience Toolkit
A website designed to help people find and use tools, information, and subject matter expertise to build climate resilience. It offers information from all across the U.S. federal government in one easy-to-use location. Explore the toolkit...

U.S. Drought Portal (Drought.gov)
Developed by NOAA’s National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) program, the U.S. Drought Portal offers access to maps, data, and expert assessments through easy-to-use tools designed to help decision makers monitor, plan for, and recover from water shortages. Visit the U.S. Drought Portal to get the latest drought impacts for your neighborhood and learn more about drought....

U.S. Drought Monitor
This map is released every Thursday, showing parts of the U.S.. that are in drought, using five classifications. View the Drought Monitor map to see current conditions... offsite link