Past Weather by Zip Code - Data Table (2024)

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What is the best source for weather history? ›

National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI):

NCEI is our nation's primary authority for environmental data and maintains one of the world's largest archives of atmospheric, coastal, geophysical, and oceanic data.

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The oldest continuous temperature record is the Central England Temperature Data Series, which began in 1659, and the Hadley Centre has some measurements beginning in 1850, but there are too few data before 1880 for scientists to estimate average temperatures for the entire planet.

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Most weather data is collected by using thermometers to measure temperature, barometers to measure air pressure, radar to measure rain or snow locations and movements, wind vanes to measure wind directions, anemometers to measure wind speed, transmissometers to measure atmospheric visibility, and hygrometers to measure ...

Weather data is typically stored in various databases maintained by meteorological organizations, government agencies, and private entities. There isn't a single centralized database for all global weather data. Instead, different sources collect and manage data for specific regions, countries, or purposes.

This is why the meteorological records start in 1927, or at best go back to 1880 from data retrieved and sifted from the earliest meteorological offices and weather stations.

How hot will the Earth be in 2050? ›

Since 1880, average global temperatures have increased by about 1 degrees Celsius (1.7° degrees Fahrenheit). Global temperature is projected to warm by about 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7° degrees Fahrenheit) by 2050 and 2-4 degrees Celsius (3.6-7.2 degrees Fahrenheit) by 2100.

The world's coldest temperature record, of -89.2°C (-128.6°F) on 21 July 1983, is held by the high-altitude Vostok weather station in Antarctica.

NOAA Open Data Dissemination (NODD) makes NOAA environmental data publicly and freely available on Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure (Azure), and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

NOAA periodically updates its data sets to provide the most accurate depiction of environmental conditions.

The National Centers for Environmental Information, or NCEI, is the official repository of NWS data and the world's largest archive of an extensive range of weather and climate data.

In summary, the Sun's energy is the primary driver of Earth's weather system. Solar radiation heats the atmosphere and Earth's surface unevenly, leading to various atmospheric processes, convection currents, and circulation patterns that create the dynamic and ever-changing weather conditions we experience.

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