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This is a growing list of questions related to navigation of the National Weather Service at Binghamton's web site.

 

Quick Helpful Links

 

Briefings

Briefing are only issued for significant weather forecast events such as a winter storm, severe weather outbreaksBriefings, etc.

When available they can be found either by clicking on the following icon, at the bottom of the page or through the menus, Current Hazards then click on Briefing Page.

 

There is also the Weather Story.  This is a twice daily graphic showing what significant weather we are talking about.  It can be found on the Weather Story webpage. 

 

 

Warning/Watches/Advisories

Extreme Cold

Heat

Frost/Freeze

 

Rain or Snow Reports/Analysis

 

Climate/Archive Data

  • Global Warming Frequently Asked Questions can be found a Climate.gov.

Climate Data

  • Can I find daily averages/normals and records for Binghamton, Syracuse, and the Scranton/Wilkes-barre area? Answer: NOWData page and on the main climate page. You can also find them on the NCEI U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access webpage.
  • Where can I find daily temperatures, rainfall, snowfall etc, for Binghamton, Syracuse, and the Scranton/Wilkes-barre area? Answer: Try to the climate help page
  • Is there daily climate data for locations other than Binghamton, Syracuse, and the Scranton/Wilkes-barre area? Answer:Yes, on the NOWData page. Note that this page also include Binghamton, Syracuse, and the Scranton/Wilkes-barres.  For help try  NOWData help page.

  • The Daily Climate Report or CLI is send 3 times a day, early morning, late afternoon and late evening. This text only product contains detailed daily weather statistics. The early morning release contains daily data for yesterday (midnight to midnight), and the late afternoon/late evening data is for the current date since midnight. The report includes temperature, precipitation, degree days, wind, and humidity. It also includes sunrise/sunset, and record temperature data for the current and following day. Daily precipitation data, measure from midight to midnight, includes both daily and monthly totals, calendar year and water year totals, percent of normal values, and comparisons to normal. You can find this product at www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=bgm

  • My child is doing a project where they need the temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, etc at a certain time of the day. However, we forgot to write it down. Can I find that here? Answer: Yes, there is a 7 day of hourly conditions on the observations page.

 

Radar/Data

 

Past Weather Events

Past Radar Events

 

Miscellaneous

Air Quality

Outreach 

Forecasts

Federal Holidays

  • How can I become an observer or storm spotter for the National Weather Service? Answer: Please look over the information on our SKYWARN section.
  • Is there a page where I can convert temperatures from Fahrenheit to Celsius or calculate the Heat Index, etc? Answer: Yes its the Meteorological Calculator.