Research, Citation, & Class Guides: Climatology and Climate Change: Find Data

Climate Data Sources

Climate - Data Catalog (Data.gov)
U.S. government data discovery portal.
Climate Change: Earth Surface Temperature Data
Global temperatures since 1750. See data sets here.
Climate Change Data
A collection of the most important "general" datasets on climate change.
Climate Data Online (NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information)
NCDC's archive of global historical weather and climate data.
Midwestern Regional Climate Center
The MRCC has climate data and data summaries (including historical data sets) for nine Midwestern states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
National Centers for Environmental Information
Provides access to data on the Earth's atmosphere, coasts, oceans, and geophysical aspects.
National Snow and Ice Data Center (Univ. of Colorado at Boulder)
Global data on all aspects of the snow, ice, permafrost, ice sheets, glaciers, soil moisture and more.
UN Data Explorer
United Nations data sets including data from the World Meteorological Organization Standard Normals

Sage Data
Includes data on climate variables in the Natural Resources and Environmental section
Statista
Search for "climate change" or "global climate change" to gets lots of statistics and infographics on climate change.