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Weather and Climate Data available in the Government Information area of Wilson Library, WWU:
Chart 1: summary

This chart is arranged by place.  The place categories used are: Global, Oceans, Western Hemisphere, North America, Canada, United States, Washington, Various States, Local Data, Various.  A publication in a given category may include data about smaller places.  For example, many of the publications listed under Washington have data about various cities in Washington.

Within each place category publications are arranged approximately by time period.

To see what data is available in each publication, go to Chart 2: Data.

Click here for a sample search.
# Title Call Number Place Time Period Intervals Format
G1 World Weather Records SI 1.7:v.79 Global earliest-1920 Monthly Paper
G2 World Weather Records C30.2: W89  Global 1941-1960 (includes earlier data for some stations) Monthly Paper
G3 Global Climate Normals C55.281/2-2:G51/2/CD Global 1961-1990 Various CD-ROM with software
G4 Global Daily Summary C55.281/2:977-91 Global 1977-1991 Daily CD-ROM with software
G5 Global Gridded Upper Air Statistics C55.54:281/2-2:G51 Global 1980-1995 Unknown CD-ROM with no software
G6 Climate Diagnostics Bulletin C55.194: Global 1984-1994 Monthly Paper
G7 Climate Diagnostics Bulletin Unknown Global Current month Monthly Website
G8 Global Precipitation Climatology Project C55.54:G51/CD Global 1987-1997 Monthly CD-ROM with some software
G9 Global Summary of the Day Unknown Global 1994-Present Daily Website
G10 Monthly Climatic Data For The World Unknown Global 1948-Present Monthly Website
# Titles Call Number Place Time Period Intervals Format
G11 NOAA/NASA Pathfinder Climate Data C55.54:P27/CD Global Various Various CD-ROM with software
G12 Climate Prediction Center http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/ Global Various Various Website
G13 Global AVHRR-Derived Land Climatology C55.54:G51/2/CD Global Unknown Monthly CD-ROM with software
G14 Engineering Weather Data C55.281/2-2:EN3/CD Global Unknown Seasonal, Annual CD-ROM with software
G15 Integrated Surface Hourly C55.54:In8 Global 1995- Hourly CD-ROM with software
O1 Maury Collection C55.54:M44 Oceans 1792-1910 Various CD-ROM with software
# Titles Call Number Place Time Period Intervals Format
O2 C-Man & Buoy Reports & Summarized Elements C55.54:281/2-2/B88 Oceans earliest to 1993 Hourly CD-ROM with software
O3 NOAA Environmental Buoy Data C55.297:B88 Oceans 1970-1997 Hourly CD-ROM with software
O4 World Ocean Circulation Experiment: Electronic Atlas of WOCE Data C55.54:D26/2/ELECTR.   /CD Oceans 1987-1998 Various CD-ROM with software
O5 World Ocean Circulation Experiment: Hyrdographic Programme C55.54:D26/2/HYDROG.   /CD Oceans 1993-1999 Various CD-ROM with software
O6 World Ocean Circulation Experiment: Satellite Data: Sea Surface Height C55.54:D26/2/SATELL   /CD Oceans 1992-1999 Various CD-ROM with software
# Titles Call Number Place Time Period Intervals Format
O7 World Ocean Circulation Experiment: Satellite Data: Sea Surface Temperature C55.54:D26/2/ SEA /CD Oceans 1990-1999 Various CD-ROM with software
O8 World Ocean Circulation Experiment: Satellite Data: Sea Surface Winds C55.54:D26/2/WINDS /CD Oceans 1990-1998 Monthly CD-ROM with software
O9 World Ocean Circulation Experiment: Sea Level C55.54:D26/2/LEVEL/CD Oceans Various Hourly, Daily, Monthly CD-ROM with software
O10 World Ocean Circulation Experiment: Surface Fluxes C55.54:D26/2/FLUXES /CD Oceans Various 1961-1998 CD-ROM with software
O11 World Ocean Circulation Experiment:Surface Meteoroligy C55.54:D26/2/SURFACE/CD Oceans Various 1980-1999 CD-ROM with software
O12 World Ocean Circulation Experiment: Surface Velocity Programme C55.54:D26/2/VELOCI./CD Oceans Various 1979-1999 CD-ROM with software
O13 World Ocean Circulation Experiment: Upper Ocean Thermal  C55.54:D26/2/UPPER/CD Oceans Various 1993 CD-ROM with software
# Titles Call Number Place Time Period Intervals Format
O14 Tide and Tidal Current Tables C55.421/5: Oceans 1996, 1999 Daily CD-ROM with software
O15 NODC Coastal Water Temperature Guide http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/dsdt/cwtg/ Oceans Current Year Biweekly Website
O16 Tide Predictions Unknown Oceans Current, Future Daily Website
O17 NODC World Ocean Database Unknown Oceans Various Unknown Website
O18 National Ocean Atlas Disc1: Temperature & Salinity C55.297/63: Oceans Unknown Annual, Seasonal, Monthly CD-ROM with software
H1A NOAA Weather Charts Series A C55.54:281/2-5 Western Hemisphere 1994-1997 Daily?  CDs are monthly CD-ROMs with software
H1B NOAA Weather Charts Series B C55.54:281/2-5 Western Hemisphere 1994-1997  Daily?  CDs are monthly  CD-ROMs with software
H1C NOAA Weather Charts Series C C55.54:281/2-5 Western Hemisphere: Tropical Strip 1994-1997  Daily?  CDs are monthly  CD-ROMs with software
# Titles Call Number Place Time Period Intervals Format
N1 Radiosonde Data of North America C55.281/2-2:R11 North America 1946-1997 Unknown CD-ROM with no software
N2 Monthly and Seasonal Weather Outlook C 55.109: North America 1982-1994 Monthly, Seasonal Paper
N3 Daily Weather Maps C55.213:
and C55.195:
North America 1986-Present Daily Paper
N4 Meteorology Data C55.54:281/2-2:M56 North America 1990 Hourly CD-ROM with software
C1 Canadian Climate Normals CAN EN 56-60  Canada 1951-1980  Monthly Paper
C2 Canadian Climate Normals CAN EN 56-61 Canada 1961-1990 Monthly Paper
C3 Canadian Climate Normals   Canada 1971-2000 Monthly Website
C4 Principal Station Data CAN EN 57-25 Canada Various Hourly, Normals, Extremes Paper
C5 Climatic Perspectives
(Canadian Climate Summary)
CAN EN58-13 Canada 1979-1998 Various Paper
# Titles Call Number Place Time Period Intervals Format
U1 Daily Weather Map A29.18/31: United States 1916-1925 Daily Paper
U2 Cooperative Summary of the Day C55.54:281/2-4 United States earliest to 1997 Daily CD-ROM with no software
U3 Climatological Data: National Summary C55.214: United States 1975-1980 Various Paper
U4 Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin C55.209: United States 1982-2001 Weekly Paper
U5 Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin C55.209: United States 1971-present Weekly Website
U6 U.S. Divisional & Station Climatic Data & Normals C55.281/2-3: United States 1961-1990 Unknown CD-ROM with no software
U7 Hourly U.S. Weather Observations C55.54:H81/CD United States 1990-1995 Hourly CD-ROM with software
U8 Heating and Cooling Degree Day Data Unknown United States 1993-Present Monthly Website
U9 Local Climatological Data, Edited Unknown United States 1996-Present Monthly Website
U10 Climatological Data Unknown United States 1997-Present Monthly, Annual Website
U11 Annual Climatological Summary Unknown United States 1997-Present Annual Website
U12 Unedited Local Climatological Data Unknown United States 1998-Present Hourly, Daily Website
U13 Degree Day Monitoring and Data Unknown United States Current year Weekly Website
U14 Comparative Climatic Data Unknown United States Various Various Website
U15 Probabilities of Temperature Extremes C55.54:T24/CD United States Unknown Daily CD-ROM with software
# Titles Call Numbers Place Time Period Intervals Format
W1 Summary of the Climatological Data of the U.S., by sections A 29.29/22: Washington Earliest - 1921 Monthly,
Annual, 
Average
Paper
W2 Climatic Summary of the U.S. A 29.29/22: Section I Washington Earliest- 1930 Monthly,
Seasonal,
Annual
Paper
W3 Climates of the States C30.71/3:45/2 Washington
(See also S1)
earliest - 1960 Average Paper 
W4 Washington Climatic Summary WA 330 R31 cli Washington earliest - 1960 Monthly averages Paper
W5 Probability of Selected Precipitation Amounts WA 378.5 Ag837c 471 Washington earliest- 1967 Weekly averages Paper
W6 Washington Climate WA 378.5 Ex8wc Washington earliest - 1960s/1970s Monthly and weekly averages Paper
W7 Climatological Data A 29.29/22: Washington 1917-1929 Monthly, Daily Paper
W8 Climatic Summary of the U.S. C 30.3/2:11-39 Washington 1931-1952 Monthly Paper
W9 Climatic Summary of the U.S. C 30.71/8: Washington 1951-1960 Monthly Paper
W10 Climatological Data: Washington C30.18/41: Washington 1961-1965 Monthly Paper
W11 Hourly Precipitation Data  C 55.216/40: Washington 1976-1997 Hourly Paper
W12 Climatological Data: Washington C55.214/44: Washington 1980-1998 Monthly Paper and Microfiche
# Titles Call Numbers Place Time Period Intervals Format
S1 Climates of the States C30.71/3: Various States
(See also W3)
earliest -1960 Average Paper
S2 Climatography of the United States C 30.71/8: Various States 1951-1960 Monthly Paper
S3 Climatological Data: Alaska C 55.214/3: Alaska 1982- Current Annual Paper
L1 Climatic Guide For Seattle, Washington and Adjacent Puget Sound Area C30.67: Local Data
(Seattle, Puget Sound)
earliest - 1959 Monthly Paper
L2 Climatological Summary C30.18/41:44 Local Data
(Bellingham)
1928-1957 Average Paper
L3 Climatological Summary C30.71/2: Local Data (various Washington cities) earliest - 1950s Average Paper
L4 Local Climatological Data C30.56: Local Data (Various Western cities) 1963 Monthly Paper
V1 National Climatic Data Center Publications C55.287/63: Various 1998 Various CD-ROM with software
# Title Call Number Place Time Period Intervals Format

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