Sponsor Sites w/ Multiple Resources and Links
Other Multi-Resource Portals
Summary Reports with Data, Graphics, and Interpretation
Paleoclimate/Paleohydrology Records
Historical Climate Records
Current Observations
Drought Monitoring
Forecasts
Climate Projections
Climate Change Impacts & Adaptation
Sponsor Sites w/ Multiple Resources and Links
US Drought Portal (National Integrated Drought Information System - NIDIS)
Colorado Climate Center (CCC) - Drought Resources
Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) – Water Availability & Drought Outlook
Western Water Assessment (WWA) – Dealing with Drought workshops page
Mountain Studies Institute (MSI) - Climate Data Resources
Other Multi-Resource Portals
Western Regional Climate Center (WRCC)
High Plains Regional Climate Center (HPRCC)
NRCS Colorado Snow Survey - Snow, Streamflow, Reservoirs
Summary Reports with Data, Graphics, and Interpretation
WWA Intermountain West Climate Summary (6x/yr)
NRCS Colorado Basin Outlooks (Jan-May) -
Paleoclimate/Paleohydrology Records
TreeFlow – Tree-ring reconstructions of annual streamflow
Tree-ring reconstructions of gridded summer PDSI for North America
Historical Climate Records
WRCC – Historical Climate Data - NWS Co-op Weather Stations for Colorado (alternate access to CO Co-op stations)
CCC - Colorado Climate Trends
Current Observations
Temp/Precip/other weather obs
National Weather Service (NWS) Offices: Denver/Boulder - Pueblo - Grand Junction
WRCC – Current Observations
CoAgMet
Precipitation (rain, snow, hail) only
CoCoRaHS Colorado
NRCS Colorado Precip (from Snotel sites)
Snowfall and snowpack
NRCS Colorado Snow
Streamflow
USGS Current Streamflow for CO
ENSO
NOAA CPC ENSO Diagnostic Discussion
Drought Monitoring
Multiple indicators
US Drought Portal (NIDIS) – (plus Drought Impacts)
US Drought Monitor
WRCC – Monitoring - Western U.S. Climate Anomaly Maps - Standardized Precipitation Index Maps
Precipitation/SPI
CCC – Colo. Precip % of Normal – Colorado SPI Maps
Snowpack – see Current Observations
Streamflow – see Current Observations
Forecasts
Temperature/Precipitation
NWS Weather Forecasts – see NWS Forecast Offices above
NOAA CPC Outlooks (6-10 days to seasonal)
Precipitation only
Colorado/Interior Southwest Forecast Guidance
Streamflow & Water Supply
NRCS Water Supply Forecast Products
Drought
NOAA CPC US Seasonal Drought Outlook
Climate Projections
CWCB/WWA Climate Change in Colorado Report (Chapter 5)
Climate Change Impacts & Adaptation
CWCB/WWA Climate Change in Colorado Report (Chapter 6)
US Global Change Research Program
Global Climate Change Impacts in the US Report
Synthesis and Assessment Products (SAP) Reports - particularly relevant for Colorado water & ecosystems: SAP reports 4.2, 4.3, 4.4)