Historical Data
Storm Tracks and Other Data
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The NHC's data archive has historical advisory data, Tropical Cyclone Reports, best track data, past track seasonal maps, forecast verification, reconnaissance data and more.
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Lots of great graphical climatological data. Also check out the Tropical Cyclone Return Periods on that page and the graphics here.
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This site allows you to view any past hurricane track using a viewer. You can zoom in on any storm track. A unique feature of this tool is the ability to enter your zip code to see what storms have passed near you. One very interesting feature is the ability to add all storm tracks on a single image, which of course makes things extremely crowded. If you use an ad blocker, you may have to turn it off for the site to work.
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"The Atlantic Hurricane Database Re-analysis Project is an effort to extend and revise the National Hurricane Center's North Atlantic hurricane database (or HURDAT). Going back to 1851 and revisiting storms in more recent years, information on tropical cyclones is revised using an enhanced collection of historical meteorological data in the context of today's scientific understanding of hurricanes and analysis techniques."
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Tropical Cyclone Rainfall Data from Weather Prediction Center (WPC)"Data is available for tropical and subtropical cyclones that impacted the U.S. from 1956 onward to the present, and Mexico between 1995 and 2003, as well as some older historic storms." You can view the full listing of storm total rainfall imagery here. For an archive of advisory data from the WPC, you can click here.
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This site lists what years tropical storms and hurricanes have affected various cities in its database. It lists how often a city is impacted on average and gives details about some of the more notable storms to hit the city.
Satellite Imagery
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"The Satellite Data Services (SDS) Inventory provides access to over a petabyte of data from one of the world's largest archives of geostationary weather satellite data. This inventory contains a diverse set of data, spanning back to the 1970s. It contains data from all GOES and numerous international satellites." "The SDS currently archives research-quality data from many different geostationary satellites around the world."
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An incredible resource for viewing historical data that doesn't exist anywhere else. View historical CIMSS data for previous time periods.
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Currently Active Tropical Cyclones from Colorado State University and NOAAThis site has satellite imagery, and other data, for storms around the world since 2006. Select a season in the left column of their current storms page. Then select a storm. To access satellite imagery, click "Archive" below the satellite imagery you want to view on the storm page. You can select a single image from the list of images or create a loop with the length you choose.
Radar Imagery
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Interactive Radar Map Tool from National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)This site has radar data for the United States. "The Interactive Radar Map Tool shows supplemental data in support of NCEI's Weather Radar Archive. The tool includes several unique features that will allow the user to select data from 1995 to present for individual or multiple stations at varying altitudes. The map tool utilizes the Reflectivity Mosaics products and web services provided by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet. Reflectivity is available from 1995 to near-real time in five-minute increments."
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Canadian Historical Weather Radar from Environment and Climate Change CanadaThis site, from the government of Canada, has radar data since 2007 for radar sites in Canada.
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Tropical Cyclone Radar Loops from Brian McNoldy at the University of Miami
Historical Radar Loops (saved by Tropical Atlantic)
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Historical radar loops of Subtropical Storm Alpha (2020) making landfall in Portugal
Arouca, Portugal radar imagery of Alpha. - Portugal Radar Composite (13 megabytes)
- Arouca, Portugal Radar (14 megabytes)
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Historical radar loop of Hurricane Dean (2007) making landfall in Mexico
Cancun, Mexico radar imagery of Dean. - Cancun, Mexico Radar (3 megabytes)
- Alvarado, Mexico Radar (1 megabyte)
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Page last modified on July 05, 2024