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.

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.

Screen capture from the USGCRP Indicator Platform

Climate Change Indicator Platform

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

Screen capture from the Decision Dashboard

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Storm Events Database

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

U.S. Drought Monitor

Access maps, data, and other information about current and past drought conditions across the United States.

U.S. Drought Portal

Access a range of information and services related to drought including early warnings, climate data, and decision support services.

USA National Phenology Network

Explore climate change and variability through phenology—seasonal changes in plants and animals from year to year. Use tools and access data collected by citizen scientists, government agencies, educators, and students of all ages.

VegScape—Vegetation Condition Explorer

Access daily, weekly, or bi-weekly maps of satellite imagery indicating the health of crops and natural vegetation.