Tools | U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit

Tools are available to help you manage your climate-related risks and opportunities, and to help guide you in building resilience to extreme events. Browse the list below, or filter by topic and/or tool functionality in the boxes above. To expand your results, click the Clear Filters link.

Adaptation Workbook

Land managers, natural resource professionals, and motivated landowners can use this structured process to consider the effects of climate change on forests, urban forests, and agricultural properties.

Alaska and Northwestern Canada Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook

Each issue of this graphics-rich product describes weather and climate highlights from the previous quarter, and indicates the most likely temperature and precipitation conditions for the upcoming quarter.

Arctic Adaptation Exchange

Share or access information about climate adaptation across the Arctic region. Explore an interactive map by theme and browse circumpolar adaptation information resources

Cal-Adapt

California residents and city and county planners can identify potential climate change risks in specific areas throughout the state and access easy-to-understand resources for local planning efforts.

Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange (CAKE)

Access adaptation case studies, virtual library resources, a directory of adaptation practitioners, and a database of relevant tools on this comprehensive website. Users can also participate in community forums or contribute resources.

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Climate Change Indicator Platform

View and download charts and other visualizations of key climate change indicators from across the federal government.

Climate Change Pressures in the 21st Century

This Story Map features three metrics that influence plant growth and survival and displays mapped projections of change throughout the century for the conterminous United States.

Climate Inspector

Explore maps showing projected changes in temperature or precipitation for any location on the globe for four different emissions trajectories. View or download maps, trend data, or projected annual cycle data.

Climate Service Providers Database | NOAA Western Region

This "match-making app for the climate world" connects users of climate information with the wide array of information and services available in NOAA's Western Region.

COMET-Farm

Farmers and ranchers use this carbon accounting tool to estimate their operation’s greenhouse gas emissions and capacity for carbon sequestration, and to evaluate the impacts of alternative management strategies on their net emissions.

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Crop Decision Dashboard

This suite of decision support tools provides weather, climate, drought, and cropping data for agricultural advisors, producers, and decision makers in the nation's Corn Belt.

Eastern Region Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook

Each issue of this two-page report describes weather and climate highlights from the previous quarter, and indicates the most likely temperature and precipitation conditions for the upcoming quarter.

Essential Fish Habitat Mapper

Access visualizations of the spatial distribution of fish species, their life stages, and important habitats.

Explore Climate Impacts

This interactive map—a companion to the Adaptation Workbook—lets you see how climate change may affect different regions and ecosystems in the U.S.

Federal Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science Toolkit

Explore examples and learn how to design and maintain crowdsourcing and citizen science projects.

Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS)

View and download satellite data showing near real-time active fire locations worldwide.

Great Lakes Region Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook

Each issue of this two-page report describes weather and climate highlights from the previous quarter, and indicates the most likely temperature and precipitation conditions for the upcoming quarter.

Gulf of Maine Region Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook

Each issue of this two-page report describes the region's weather and climate highlights from the previous quarter, and indicates the most likely temperature and precipitation conditions for the upcoming quarter.

Gulf TREE (Tools for Resilience Exploration Engine)

This site walks Gulf Coast users through a decision-support tree framework to match them with relevant climate resilience tools.

LASSO—Locating and Selecting Scenarios Online

GIS specialists who need climate projection data can locate, select, and download files of climate change projections that align with given research questions or objectives.

Midwest Region Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook

Each issue of this two-page report describes weather and climate highlights for the region from the previous quarter, and indicates the most likely temperature and precipitation conditions for the upcoming quarter.

Missouri River Basin Region Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook

Each issue of this two-page report describes weather and climate highlights from the previous quarter, and indicates the most likely temperature and precipitation conditions for the upcoming quarter.

NACo County Explorer

This visualization tool provides key county-level information on a wide variety of topics: demographics, the economy, education, healthcare, and public safety.

National Risk Index (NRI)

This online mapping tool provides an at-a-glance overview of multiple risk factors related to natural hazards. The comprehensive view can assist communities as they set priorities for their resilience efforts.

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Ocean Acidification Curriculum Collection

Use this database to download free K–12 lesson plans and other educational materials relating to ocean acidification.

School of Jack mackeral from NOAA Photo Library

OceanAdapt

Explore how the distribution of almost 650 marine species—including those of interest to commercial and recreational fishing—have changed over the past 40 years.

Precipitation and Applications Viewer

View and download global precipitation data and flood and landslide nowcasts.

Rio Grande-Bravo Climate Impacts and Outlook

Users in the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo region of New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico can consult these monthly impact and outlook reports to get information on past and forecasted regional temperature, precipitation, ENSO, and fire conditions.

Sea Ice for Walrus Outlook (SIWO)

Alaska Native and coastal communities can use these outlooks to understand forecasts for subsistence hunting and for analysis of current sea ice conditions.

GOES-13 satellite water vapor image from a historic winter storm on February 25, 2013.

Simple Planning Tool for Oklahoma Climate Hazards

This stakeholder-inspired tool provides a practical solution to assist planners and emergency managers in the state of Oklahoma in incorporating accurate climate data into their planning processes.

Snow Telemetry (SNOTEL) Data Viewer

Resource managers and flood forecasters access SNOTEL (snow telemetry) data to monitor temperature, precipitation, and the amount of water stored as snowpack at remote mountain sites across the West.

Soil Climate Analysis Network (SCAN) Data Viewer

Monitor near real-time soil and weather conditions from a network of comprehensive automated weather stations. Data from the system can help determine optimal timing and amount of irrigation for crops and warn experts of impending drought.

Southeast Region Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook

Southern Region Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook

Each issue of this two-page report describes weather and climate highlights from the previous quarter, and indicates the most likely temperature and precipitation conditions for the upcoming quarter.

States At Risk

Explore how each state is affected by extreme heat, drought, wildfires, and coastal and inland flooding.

Storm Events Database

Access National Weather Service storm data and unusual weather phenomenon reports from 1950 to the present.

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