Description Value
Select spatial domain type to plot:
Plot by Sector / State
Plot by NWS Weather Forecast Office (WFO)
Plot Sector:
Alaska
Alabama
Arkansas
Arizona
California
Colorado
Connecticut
District of Columbia
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Iowa
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Maryland
Maine
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Mississippi
Montana
North Carolina
North Dakota
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
Nevada
New York
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Virgin Islands
Vermont
Washington
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Wyoming
Contiguous US
Corn Belt US
High Plains
IA + IL + IN
Midwestern US
Northeastern US
Northwestern US
Southeast US
Southern Plains US
Southwestern US
NWS WFO to plot (when selected above for domain):
[ABR] Aberdeen
[ALY] Albany
[ABQ] Albuquerque
[AMA] Amarillo
[PAFC] Anchorage
[EWX] Austin/San Antonio
[LWX] Baltimore Md/ Washington Dc
[BYZ] Billings
[BGM] Binghamton
[BMX] Birmingham
[BIS] Bismarck
[RNK] Blacksburg
[BOI] Boise
[BOX] Boston / Norton
[BRO] Brownsville
[BUF] Buffalo
[BTV] Burlington
[CAR] Caribou
[CHS] Charleston
[RLX] Charleston
[CYS] Cheyenne
[LOT] Chicago
[CLE] Cleveland
[CAE] Columbia
[CRP] Corpus Christi
[FWD] Dallas/Fort Worth
[BOU] Denver
[DMX] Des Moines
[DTX] Detroit
[DDC] Dodge City
[DLH] Duluth
[LKN] Elko
[EPZ] El Paso
[EKA] Eureka
[PAFG] Fairbanks
[FGZ] Flagstaff
[APX] Gaylord
[GGW] Glasgow
[GLD] Goodland
[FGF] Grand Forks
[GJT] Grand Junction
[GRR] Grand Rapids
[GYX] Gray
[TFX] Great Falls
[GRB] Green Bay
[GSP] Greenville/Spartanburg
[PGUM] Guam
[GUM] Guam
[GID] Hastings
[PHFO] Honolulu
[HGX] Houston/Galveston
[HUN] Huntsville
[IND] Indianapolis
[JAN] Jackson
[JKL] Jackson
[JAX] Jacksonville
[PAJK] Juneau
[EAX] Kansas City/Pleasant Hill
[KEY] Key West
[ARX] La Crosse
[LCH] Lake Charles
[VEF] Las Vegas
[ILX] Lincoln
[LZK] Little Rock
[LOX] Los Angeles/Oxnard
[LMK] Louisville
[LUB] Lubbock
[MQT] Marquette
[MFR] Medford
[MLB] Melbourne
[MEG] Memphis
[MFL] Miami
[MAF] Midland/Odessa
[MKX] Milwaukee/Sullivan
[MSO] Missoula
[MOB] Mobile
[MRX] Morristown
[PHI] Mount Holly
[OHX] Nashville
[LIX] New Orleans
[MHX] Newport/Morehead City
[OKX] New York
[OUN] Norman
[IWX] Northern Indiana
[LBF] North Platte
[OAX] Omaha / Valley
[PAH] Paducah
[FFC] Peachtree City
[PDT] Pendleton
[PSR] Phoenix
[PBZ] Pittsburgh
[PIH] Pocatello/Idaho Falls
[PQR] Portland
[PUB] Pueblo
[DVN] Quad Cities Ia
[RAH] Raleigh
[UNR] Rapid City
[REV] Reno
[RIW] Riverton
[STO] Sacramento
[SLC] Salt Lake City
[SJT] San Angelo
[SGX] San Diego
[MTR] San Francisco
[HNX] San Joaquin Valley/Hanford
[JSJ] San Juan
[SJU] San Juan
[TJSJ] San Juan
[SEW] Seattle
[SHV] Shreveport
[FSD] Sioux Falls
[OTX] Spokane
[SGF] Springfield
[CTP] State College
[LSX] St Louis
[TAE] Tallahassee
[TBW] Tampa Bay Area / Ruskin
[TOP] Topeka
[TWC] Tucson
[TSA] Tulsa
[MPX] Twin Cities/Chanhassen
[AKQ] Wakefield
[ICT] Wichita
[ILM] Wilmington
[ILN] Wilmington
Which Variable to Plot:
Maximum High Temperature
Average High Temperature
Average Temperature Departure
Average Temperature
Minimum Low Temperature
Average Low Temperature
Growing Degree Days ($base/$ceil) Total
Growing Degree Days ($base/$ceil) Climatology
Growing Degree Days ($base/$ceil) Departure
Growing Degree Days ($base/$ceil) Percent of Average
Cooling Degree Days (base 65)
Cooling Degree Days Departure (base 65)
Heating Degree Days (base 65)
Heating Degree Days Departure (base 65)
Precipitation Departure
Precipitation Percent of Average
Precipitation Total
Snowfall Departure
Snowfall Percent of Average
Snowfall Total
Growing Degree Day base(F) if you choose a sector covering more than 10 states, you are limited to values of 32, 41, 46, 48, 50, 51, 52 (long story why)
Growing Degree Day ceiling(F) if you choose a sector covering more than 10 states, thist must be 86 (long story why)
Start Date: (YYYY/mm/dd)
Overlay Drought Monitor
Yes, overlay Drought Monitor
No, do not overlay Drought Monitor
End Date (inclusive): (YYYY/mm/dd)
Data Presentation Options
Contour the data
Plot just values without contours
Color Ramp:
viridis
plasma
inferno
magma
cividis
Greys
Purples
Blues
Greens
Oranges
Reds
YlOrBr
YlOrRd
OrRd
PuRd
RdPu
BuPu
GnBu
PuBu
YlGnBu
PuBuGn
BuGn
YlGn
binary
gist_yarg
gist_gray
gray
bone
pink
spring
summer
autumn
winter
cool
Wistia
hot
afmhot
gist_heat
copper
PiYG
PRGn
BrBG
PuOr
RdGy
RdBu
RdYlBu
RdYlGn
Spectral
coolwarm
bwr
seismic
twilight
twilight_shifted
hsv
Pastel1
Pastel2
Paired
Accent
Dark2
Set1
Set2
Set3
tab10
tab20
tab20b
tab20c
flag
prism
ocean
gist_earth
terrain
gist_stern
gnuplot
gnuplot2
CMRmap
cubehelix
brg
gist_rainbow
rainbow
jet
turbo
nipy_spectral
gist_ncar
Reverse Colormap?
Label Values?
Label Station Values
Do Not Label Station Values
Which Climatology to Use? Note that NCEI 1991-2020 climatology only works with some base plot variables.
IEM Climatology 1951-present
IEM Climatology 1971-present
IEM Climatology 1981-present
NCEI Climatology 1991-2020
Space or comma separated IEM stations ids (ST####) to cull from the plot.
Image Pixel Size @100 DPI
1024x768 (4:3)
800x600 (4:3)
800x800 (1:1)
900x600 (3:2)
Twitter Friendly (1200x675)
1280x720 (16:9)
Image Resolution (DPI) (max 500)
Select Output Format:
Chart Image (.PNG)
Scalable Vector Graphic (.SVG)
Portable Document Format (.PDF)
Interactive Map + Table