Path: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!dreaderd!not-for-mail
Message-ID: <meteorology/[email protected]>
Supersedes: <meteorology/[email protected]>
Expires: 31 May 2004 11:22:46 GMT
References: <meteorology/[email protected]>
X-Last-Updated: 2000/02/24
From: [email protected] (Tom Berg)
Newsgroups: sci.geo.meteorology,news.answers,sci.answers
Approved: [email protected]
Subject: Meteorology FAQ Part 7/7: List of US State Climatologists
Followup-To: sci.geo.meteorology
Reply-To: [email protected]
Distribution: world
Summary: List of US State Climatologists and Regional Climate Centers
Organization: The Weather Station
Originator: [email protected]
Date: 17 Apr 2004 11:28:29 GMT
Lines: 724
NNTP-Posting-Host: penguin-lust.mit.edu
X-Trace: 1082201309 senator-bedfellow.mit.edu 576 18.181.0.29
Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu sci.geo.meteorology:78807 news.answers:269992 sci.answers:15966

Archive-name: meteorology/state-climatologists
Last-modified: 1 April 2000

Recent changes:

 ==within last two weeks==

 ==within last four weeks==

This article is copyright (c) 2000 by Tom Berg. It may be freely
distributed for non-commercial purposes only, provided that this copyright notice and the instructions on retrieving a current copy are not removed.

With special honor given to Ilana Stern who conceived of this FAQ and
maintained it with the greatest of professionalism and care until the torch was passed to me.

If you would like to put this article in an archive and want to receive
a new copy automatically at every update, please send me email.  I DO NOT
MAINTAIN A MAILING LIST SO PLEASE DON'T ASK FOR ME TO SEND YOU COPIES
AT EACH UPDATE UNLESS YOU ARE ARCHIVING IT FOR PUBLIC USAGE OR FURTHER
REDISTRIBUTION!

If the date in the headers of the document you're reading
is more than a month old, you should retrieve a current copy.
Current copies of this FAQ series can be obtained in hypertext form via WWW at <URL:http://www.mobile.gulf.net/~hcane/met/scigeo.html>.

There are 7 documents in this FAQ series:
 Meteorology FAQ Part 1/7: Intro
 Meteorology FAQ Part 2/7: Sources of weather data
 Meteorology FAQ Part 3/7: Sources of research data
 Meteorology FAQ Part 4/7: Sources of CD-ROMs
 Meteorology FAQ Part 5/7: Internet resources
 Meteorology FAQ Part 6/7: Print and other resources
 Meteorology FAQ Part 7/7: List of US State Climatologists  <===

Corrections, additions, and comments should be sent to Tom Berg at
[email protected].  Please include in your message where you read
this FAQ series.  Note that if I know about it, it's in these documents.

------------------------------

Subject: 1) Table of contents

1) Table of contents
2) Overview
3) State Climatologists
4) Regional Climate Centers

------------------------------

Subject: 2) Overview

If you are looking for historical information for a US location, your
best bet would be to contact the state climatologist for the area of interest.
This unofficial list was compiled from a variety of sources, including
the official list of State Climatologists, which is available from John
Hughes at NCDC, [email protected].

Key to abbreviations:

       T  = Telephone               O = Omnet
       F  = Fax                     B = Bitnet
       TM = Telemail                I = Internet
       URL = www URL

------------------------------

Subject: 3) State Climatologists

Alabama

 Dr. Richard McNider
 Department of Atmospheric Sciences
 University of Alabama in Huntsville
 977 Explorer Drive
 Huntsville, AL 35806

 T:  205-922-5752
 F:  205-922-5755
 I:  [email protected]

Alaska

 Dr. Dwight D. Pollard
 Alaska State Climate Center
 Environment and Natural Resources Institute
 707 A Street
 Anchorage, AK 99501

 T:  907-257-2741
 F:  907-276-6847
 I:  [email protected]

Arizona

 Dr. Anthony J. Brazel
 Laboratory of Climatology
 Arizona State University
 Tempe, AZ 85287-1508

 T:  602-965-6265
 B:  [email protected]
 <URL:http://saguaro.la.asu.edu/ooc/general/state/>

Arkansas

 Dr. John G. Hehr
 Dept of Geography
 Ozark Hall 108A
 University of Arkansas
 Fayetteville, AR 72701

 T:  501-575-3159
 F:  501-575-2642
 I:  [email protected]

California

 Mr. William A. Mork
 CA Dept of Water Resources
 Division of Flood Management
 P.O. Box 942836
 Sacramento, CA 94236-0001

 T:  916-653-7237

Colorado

 Dr. Thomas McKee
 Colorado Climate Center
 Dept of Atmospheric Science
 Colorado State University
 Ft. Collins, CO 80523

 T:  303-491-8545
 I:  [email protected]
     (Nolan Doesken, Asst. SC)
 <URL:http://ulysses.atmos.colostate.edu/>

Connecticut

 Dr. David R. Miller
 Dept of Natural Resources-U87
 1376 Storrs Road
 University of Connecticut
 Storrs, CT 06269-4087

 T:  203-486-2840
 B:  dmiller@uconnvm

Delaware

 Dr. Daniel J. Leathers
 Center for Climatic Research
 210 Newark Hall
 Dept of Geography
 University of Delaware
 Newark, DE 19716

 T:  302-831-2294
 F:  302-831-6654
 <URL:http://www.udel.edu/leathers/stclim.html>

Florida

 Dr. Kevin Kloesel
 Dept of Meteorology
 Florida State University
 Tallahassee, FL 32306-3034

 T:  904-644-1268
 I:  [email protected]
 <URL:http://www.ispa.fsu.edu/climate.html>

Georgia

 Dr. Bill Bell
 State Climate Office
 Driftmier Engineering Center
 University of Georgia
 T: 706-542-6067
 F: 706-542-8806
 I: [email protected]
 <URL:http://www.bae.uga.edu/climate/index.html>

Hawaii

 Mr. Manabu Tagomori
 State Dept of Land & Natural
   Resources
 Div. of Water & Land Dev.
 P.O. Box 373
 Honolulu, HI 96809

 T:  808-587-0230

Idaho

 Dr. Myron Molnau
 Biological and Agricultural Engineering Dept
 425 Engineering/Physics Building
 University of Idaho
 Moscow, ID  83844-0904

 T:  208-885-6184
 F:  208-885-7908
 I:  [email protected]
 <URL:http://www.uidaho.edu/~climate>

Illinois

 Dr. Wayne M. Wendland
 Illinois State Water Survey
 2204 Griffith Drive
 Champaign, IL 61820-7495

 T:  217-333-0729
 F:  217-333-6540
 I:  [email protected]

Indiana

 Mr. Ken Scheeringa
 Dept. of Agronomy
 1150 Lilly Hall
 Purdue University
 West Lafayette, IN 47907-1150

 T:  317-494-8105
 F:  317-496-2926
 I:  [email protected]

Iowa

 Mr. Harry J. Hillaker, Jr.
 State Climatologist
 9607 NW Beaver Drive
 Johnston, IA 50131

 T: 515-270-6907

Kansas

 Ms. Mary Knapp (acting)
 Weather Data Library
 211 Umberger Hall
 Kansas State University
 Manhattan, KS 66506-3400

 T:  913-532-6270
 F:  913-532-6487

Kentucky

 Mr. Glen Conner
 Kentucky Climate Center
 Dept. of Geography & Geology
 Western Kentucky University
 Bowling Green, KY 42101

 T:  502-745-4555
 I:  [email protected]
 <URL:http://www.wku.edu/~gg024004/ky-climate-center.html>

Louisiana

 Mr. John M. Grymes, III
 LA Office of State Climatology
 Southern Regional Climate Center
 Louisiana State University
 Baton Rouge, LA 70803-4105

 T:  504-388-6870
 F:  504-388-2912
 I:  [email protected]

Maine

 Dr. Bernard E. Dethier
 University of Maine
 PO Box 745
 Blue Hill, ME  04614

 T:  207-582-3224

Maryland

 Dr. Alan Robock
 State Climatologist
 Dept. of Meteorology
 University of Maryland
 College Park, MD 20742-2425

 T:  301-405-5377
 T:  301-405-7223 for climate information
 F:  301-314-9482
 I:  [email protected]
 I:  [email protected] for climate information
 <URL:http://www.metolab3.umd.edu/~alan/sc.html>

Massachusetts

 Dr. David Taylor
 State Climatologist
 Mass Dept of Water Resources
 496 Park Street
 North Reading, MA 01864

 T:  617-275-8860 ext 138
 F:  617-271-0178

Michigan

 Dr. Fred V. Nurnberger
 MDA/Climatology Program
 417 Natural Science Building
 Michigan State University
 East Lansing, MI 48824

 T:  517-373-8383 or 355-0231
 F:  517-432-1076
 TM: [climatology/mda]tm11/usa
 I:  [email protected]


Minnesota

 Mr. Jim Zandlo
 State Climatology Office
 University of Minnesota
 S-325 Borlaug Hall
 St. Paul, MN 55108

 T:  612-296-4214
 F:  612-625-2208
 I:  [email protected]
 <URL:http://www.soils.agri.umn.edu/research/climatology/>

Mississippi

 Dr. Charles L. Wax
 MS State Climatologist
 Drawer 5167
 Mississippi State University
 Mississippi State, MS 39762

 T:  601-325-3915
 I:  [email protected]

Missouri

 Steve Qi Hu
 University of Missouri-Columbia
 Department of Soil and Atmospheric Sciences
 100 Gentry Hall
 Columbia, Missouri 65211

 T:  573-882-7437 or 6591
 I:  [email protected]

Montana

 Dr. Jon M. Wraith
 Plant & Soil Science Dept.
 Montana State University
 Bozeman, MT 59717-0312

 T:  406-994-5067
 F:  406-994-3933
 I:  [email protected]

Nebraska

 Mr. Allen Dutcher
 Nebraska State Climatologist
 239 Chase Hall
 High Plains Climate Center
 University of Nebraska
 Lincoln, NE 68583-0728

 T:  402-472-5206
 F:  402-472-6614
 O:  k.hubbard
 B:  [email protected]
 I:  [email protected]

Nevada

 Professor John W. James
 Dept of Geography
 College of Arts & Sciences
 University of Nevada/Reno
 Reno, NV 89557-0048

 T:  702-784-6995

New Hampshire

 Dr. Barry D. Keim
 Department of Geography
 James Hall
 University of New Hampshire
 Durham, NH 03824

 P: 603-862-3136
 F: 603-862-2649
 I: [email protected]
 <URL:http://unhinfo.unh.edu:70/0/unh/acad/libarts/geog/climate.html>

New Jersey

 Dr. David Robinson
 Office of the State Climatologist
 Dept. of Meteorology
 Cook College
 Rutgers University
 New Brunswick, NJ 08903

 T:  908-445-4741/9588
 F:  908-445-0006
 I:  [email protected]
 <URL:http://climate.rutgers.edu/stateclim/>

New Mexico

 No S.C. at this time; the New Mexico Climate Center is at NMSU
 <URL:http://weather.nmsu.edu/>

New York

 Mr. Keith L. Eggleston
 1117 Bradfield Hall
 Cornell University
 Ithaca, NY 14853

 T:  607-255-1749
 F:  607-255-2106
 I:  [email protected]
 <URL:http://met-www.cit.cornell.edu/nrcc_home.html>

North Carolina

 Dr. Sethu Raman
 Dept. of Marine/Earth/Atmos Science
 Box 8208
 NC State University
 Raleigh, NC 27695-8208

 T:  919-515-1440 or 3056
 F:  919-515-7802
 I:  [email protected]
 <URL:http://cumulus.meas.ncsu.edu>

North Dakota

 Professor John W. Enz
 Dept. of Soils Science
 North Dakota State University
 Fargo, ND 58105-5638

 T:  701-237-8576
 F:  701-237-7851

Ohio

 Dr. Jeffrey C. Rogers
 Dept. of Geography
 1036 Derby Hall
 The Ohio State University
 Columbus, OH 43210-1361

 T: 614-292-0148
 F: 614-292-6213
 I: [email protected]

Oklahoma

 Dr. Ken Crawford
 Oklahoma Climatological Survey
 University of Oklahoma
 Sarkey's Energy Center
 100 East Boyd, Suite 1210
 Norman, OK 73019-0628

 T:  405-325-2541
 F:  405-325-2550
 I:  [email protected]
 <URL:http://geowww.gcn.ou.edu/WWW/OCS/OCS.html>

Oregon

 George H. Taylor
 Office of the State Climatologist
 326 Strand AG Hall
 Oregon State University
 Corvallis, OR 97331-2209

 T:  503-737-5705
 F:  541-737-5710
 I:  [email protected]
 <URL:http://www.ocs.orst.edu>

Pennsylvania

 Paul Knight
 606 Walker Building
 University Park, PA   16802

 T: 814-863-4229
 I: [email protected]
 <URL:http://www.ems.psu.edu/PA_Climatologist/PA_Climatologist.html>

Puerto Rico

 Dr. Amos Winter
 Dept. of Marine Sciences
 College of Arts and Sciences
 University of Puerto Rico
 Mayaguez, PR 00709-5000

 T:  809-265-3838
 F:  809-265-2880

Rhode Island

 Mr. Carl D. Sawyer
 Dept. of Plant Sciences
 Room 333, Woodward Hall
 University of Rhode Island
 Kingston, RI 02881

 T:  401-792-2937
 I:  [email protected]

South Carolina

 Dr. Michael Helfert
 SC State Climate Office
 1201 Main Street, Suite 1100
 Columbia, SC  29201

 T:  803-737-0800
 F:  803-765-9080
 I:  [email protected]
 <URL:http://water.dnr.state.sc.us/climate/sco>

South Dakota

 Mr. Alan R. Bender
 AG Engineering Dept.
 South Dakota State University
 Brookings, SD 57007

 T:  605-688-5678
 F:  605-688-4917
 <URL:http://www.ces.sdstate.edu/ageng/weather/weather.htm>

Tennessee

 Mr. Wayne Hamberger
 Tennessee Valley Authority
 Evans Building EB3W307A
 400 West Summit Hill Dr.
 Knoxville, TN 37902-1499

 T:  615-632-4222

Texas

 Professor John F. Griffiths
 Meteorology Dept.
 Texas A&M University
 College Station, TX 77843-3150

 T:  409-845-8076/5044
 F:  409-862-4466
 I:  [email protected]

Utah

 Dr. Donald T. Jensen
 Utah State Climatologist
 Utah Climate Center
 Utah State University
 Logan, UT 84332-4825

 T:  801-797-2190
 F:  801-797-2117
 I:  [email protected]
 <URL:http://climate.usu.edu/>

Vermont

 Dr. Aulis Lind
 Dept. of Geography
 Old Mill Bldg., Room 112
 University of Vermont
 Burlington, VT 05405-0114

 T:  802-656-3060
 F:  802-656-8429
 I:  [email protected]

Virginia

 Dr. Patrick J. Michaels
 Virginia State Climate Office
 Clark Hall
 University of Virginia
 Charlottesville, VA 22903

 T:  804-924-0549/7761
 <URL:http://faraday.clas.virginia.edu/~climate/>

Washington

 Mr. Mark Albright (acting)
 Atmospheric Sciences Dept.
 University of Washington, AK-40
 Seattle, WA 98195

 T:  206-543-0448
 F:  206-543-0308
 I:  [email protected]

West Virginia

 Dr. Stanley J. Tajchman
 Division of Forestry
 P.O. Box 6125
 West Virginia University
 Morgantown, WV 26506-6125

 T:  304-293-3411
 F:  304-293-2441

Wisconsin

 Ms. Pam Naber Knox
 State Climatologist Office
 University of Wisconsin
 1225 West Dayton Street
 Madison, WI 53706-1612

 T:  608-263-2374
 F:  608-262-5964
 I:  [email protected]

Wyoming

 Dr. Victor Hasfurther
 Wyoming Water Resources Center
 University of Wyoming
 P.O. Box 3067, UNN Station
 Laramie, WY 82071

 T:  307-766-2143
 F:  307-766-3718
 B:  [email protected]

------------------------------

Subject: 4) Regional Climate Centers

 Dr. Richard Reinhardt, Director
 Western Regional Climate Center
 PO Box 60220
 Reno, NV  89506-0220
 T:  702-677-3106 (Data requests)
 T:  702-677-3103 (Administrative)
 F:  702-677-3157
 I:   [email protected] (generic)
 I:   [email protected]
 <URL:http://climate.sage.dri.edu>

 Dr. Kenneth Kunkel, Director
 Midwestern Regional Climate Center
 Illinois State Water Survey
 2204 Griffith Drive
 Champaign, IL  61820
 T:  217-244-1488
 F:  217-333-6540
 I:  [email protected]
 <URL:http://mcc.sws.uiuc.edu/>

 Dr Warren Knapp, Director
 Northeast Regional Climate Center
 1107 Bradfield Hall
 Cornell University
 Ithaca, NY  14853
 T:  607-255-1751
 F:  607-255-2106
 I:  [email protected]
 <URL:http://met-www.cit.cornell.edu/nrcc_home.html>

 Dr. Robert Muller, Director
 Southern Regional Climate Center
 Louisiana State University
 254 How-Russell Complex
 Baton Rouge, LA  70803-4105
 T:  504-388-6870
 F:  504-388-2520
 I:  [email protected]
 <URL:http://www.srcc.lsu.edu/>

 Dr Kenneth G. Hubbard, Director
 High Plains Climate Center
 Dept of Agricultural Meteorology
 Room 242, L.W. Chase Hall
 University of Nebraska
 Lincoln, NE  68583-0728
 T:  402-472-6706
 F:  402-472-6614
 I:   [email protected]
 <URL:http://hpccsun.unl.edu/>

 Dr. Michael Helfert, Director
 Southeast Regional Climate Center
 SCDNR-WRD
 1201 Main Street, Suite 1100
 Columbia, SC  29201
 T:  803-737-0811 OR 0800
 F:  803-765-9080
 I:  [email protected]
 <URL:http://water.dnr.state.sc.us/climate/sercc>