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.

Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System (SCCOOS) | An IOOS Regional Data Portal

This science-based decision support system provides scientific data and information necessary to address coastal issues in the Southern California region.

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.

Southwest Climate Outlook

Each month, water managers, ranchers, farmers, and outdoor enthusiasts in Arizona and New Mexico can read summaries of recent climate and weather conditions and get outlooks for the coming month and season.

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Spatial Climate Analysis

This tool provides an effective way to view the High Plains Regional Climate Center's products on a web map

State Temperature Trends

Generate graphs showing historical temperature averages for states in the contiguous United States and maps showing decadal average temperatures compared to the 20th century.

States At Risk

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

Stew-MAP: Stewardship Mapping & Assessment Project

This framework enables teams to compile information about environmental stewardship efforts across a metropolitan area. A range of end-users can benefit by using the populated database and associated map to connect interested groups with local projects.

Storm Events Database

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

Storm Surge Inundation and Hurricane Strike Frequency Map

Check the vulnerability of your neighborhood to flooding from storm surge. The map illustrates current worst-case coastal storm surge or inundation scenarios as well as hurricane strike frequency.

Stream Temperature Data Collection Standards and Protocol for Alaska

These standards help generate useful data for regional-scale analyses of aquatic systems and fisheries resources.

SURGEDAT

Visit the world's storm surge data center, providing information on over 700 global tropical surge events and more than 8,000 high water marks from surges along the U.S. Gulf and Atlantic Coasts.

Surging Seas—Sea Level Rise Analysis by Climate Central

View threats from sea level rise and storm surge for any coastal town or city in the contiguous United States. The site's Risk Finder interface offers additional analyses for selected states.

Sustainable and Climate-Resilient Health Care Facilities Toolkit

This toolkit includes a best practices document, a framework describing affordable measures that can help make health care facilities more resilient, and resources for responding to challenges associated with climate change impacts.

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Sustainable Jersey

This website provides an example of an established program that empowers communities to build a better world for future generations with the tools, training and financial incentives necessary to pursue critical sustainability initiatives at the state-wide level.

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Texas Temperature Trends Dashboard

Explore temperature data and trends observed at 75 stations in Texas from 1970-2019.

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Thriving Earth Exchange (TEX)

This program matches volunteer scientists with community leaders across the globe to advance local projects related to natural hazards, natural resources, and climate change.

Tick Bite Data Tracker

Visualizations display national data on emergency department visits for tick bites by region, week/month, and age/sex.

Total Water Level and Coastal Change Forecast Viewer

This experimental product shows model-predicted water water levels along the U.S. Gulf and Atlantic coasts over the next 6 days.

Tree Species Risks

Use this website to access resources on forest vulnerability in the Northeast, Great Lakes, and Midwest.

TreeFlow: Streamflow Reconstructions from Tree Rings

This site provides easy access to tree-ring reconstructions of streamflow and temperature, and information on how the data were developed and how they can be used.

Treepedia

Scientists and city dwellers can use this interactive website to evaluate and compare urban tree coverage in cities across the globe.

Tribal Climate Change Adaptation Planning Toolkit

This collection of templates and other resources assists tribes in their climate change adaptation planning process.

Tribal Climate Change Guide

Tribal, First Nation, and Alaska Native communities—along with federal, academic, non-profit, and other partners—use this web-based clearinghouse to access a broad range of climate resources.

Tribal Resilience Action Database

This database presents a culturally sensitive, easily accessible, and useful database of climate adaptation strategies and community examples already published by Tribes across the nation.

Tribal Resilience Resource Guide

Tribal communities can use this guide as a "one-stop-shop" for locating integrated, government-wide resources from the federal government relating to resilience.

U.S. Agricultural Commodities in Drought

This website provides information about the percentage of various U.S. agricultural commodities being affected by drought.

U.S. Climate Extremes Index

Look for trends in how the incidence of various climate extremes (as defined by the Climate Extremes Index) has changed over time in the United States or one of its regions.

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U.S. Climate Outlooks

Access outlook maps showing experts' judgments of chances for above-, below-, or near-average temperature and precipitation for a range of future periods. Maps also show potential hazards and conditions related to drought.

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.

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U.S. Electric System Operating Data

Users can use this tool to visualize and analyze hourly U.S. and regional electricity demand, the flow of electricity between electric systems, the seasonality of daily demand patterns, and much more.

U.S. Energy Mapping System

Explore maps of various energy resources, infrastructure, and transportation networks, or access profiles summarizing energy production, consumption, and expenditures for states and territories.

U.S. Hazards Outlook

This map-based interface is useful for identifying areas that may be impacted by specific hazards, such as extreme heat or cold, heavy rain or snow, flooding, and severe drought.

Understanding and Evaluating Erosion Problems

This handbook can help property owners and communities in Alaska understand, evaluate, and find solutions to erosion problems.

United States Interagency Elevation Inventory

View a nationwide listing of known high-accuracy topographic and bathymetric data, with descriptive data and direct links or contact information to access each dataset.

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Upper Missouri River Basin Drought Indicators Dashboard

Access multiple current drought indices for the Upper Missouri River Basin.

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