Climate Analysis Tools

Climate Diagrams

References

• Overview
• Worldwide Reference Diagrams
• European Diagrams

Data

Long Term

• Climate Data (Worldwide, monthly averages)
• Rainfall Atlas of Hawaii Giambelluca, et al. 1986) [pdf]
• Hawaii State Climate Office (monthly average temperatures, monthly average rainfall)

Current Rainfall

The data are stored in Zip files. See the reference map for the link between station codes, location names and locations.

• NOAA Hawaii Archived Hydronet Data

Interpretive Information

• Climate of Hawaii (NOAA: Western Regional Climate Center)
• Historical Climate Information (NOAA: Western Regional Climate Center)

Things Needed

• Reliable recent rainfall, temperature
• Map of locations of weather stations
• Easy way to create Climate Diagrams
• PowerPoint explanation of Climate Diagrams
• Integration of all of the materials
• How many other tools/data are needed?