This guide defines climate as mapping weather conditions in a geographic area over a long period of time.
Please apply the search strategies outlined in Introduction to Finding GIS Data with the keywords below to help orchestrate a search to find datasets related to climate.
Keywords: climate, precipitation, atmosphere, biosphere, cryosphere, terrestrial hydrosphere, weather, climate change, meteorology
This database focuses on energy issues that have led to global warming. The holdings are hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy's Environmental System Science Data Infrastructure for the Virtual Ecosystem (ESS-DIVE).
Data provided by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on carbon emissions and energy usage, as well as the environmental impacts of trade and financial transactions.
An alternate website from NOAA that hosts data, maps, and other visualizations of climate change. Information provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Data focuses on the atmosphere, cryosphere, paleoclimate, reanalysis, climate indices, land, and ocean. This database hosts datasets for measuring the present climate and predicting future risk. This is part of the National Center for Atmospheric Research.
Climate includes air-sea interface, climate indices, cloud characteristics, radiation budget, atmosphere, forecasts, hydrology, ice, oceanography, and historical model simulations. Information is compiled by the International Research Institute for Climate and Society @ Columbia Climate School (IRI/LDEO).
Global Climate Data of the past, present, and future are provided by the European Commission, Copernicus, European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, and the Climate Change Service.
Database created by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) focused on earth observation data, including that of the atmosphere, biosphere, cryosphere, terrestrial hydrosphere, land surface, and sun-earth interactions.
Primarily focused on greenhouse gasses and air pollution created by humans. EDGAR is part of the European Commission, which is part of the European Union.
Geospatial Dataset Database for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Covers a wide array of datasets at a national and regional level.
The database hosts meteorological data and numerical weather predictions, used by the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NHMSs) of ECMWF members and co-operating states and their authorized users.
Part of the Forrest Service for the USDA, this dataset primarily focuses on historical and projected climate datasets related to precipitation, snow, heat, and drought.
Hosts information on the United States atmospheric, coastal, geophysical, and oceanic research. Information provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Drought-specific datasets from NOAA from 1951 to the present day. Information provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
The database is driven to provide climate data for the Pacific Northwest and its impacts and effects due to climate change. The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is operated by Battelle for the U.S. Department of Energy.