Its primary purpose is to show the normal spatial patterns for a variety of temperature, precipitation, snow, and other parameters. This atlas replaces the previous Climatic Atlas of the United States, which was published in 1968. The new CD-ROM version offers many advantages over the previous hardcopy version including over 500 more maps and some basic interactive mapping tools such as zoom and query features. Most atlas products are derived from the 1961-1990 period of record. Data Elements Descriptions of the various elements and filenames may be found online .
Full documentation is available online .
The Climate Atlas Of The United States CD-ROM will be available in DH Hill Library Reference Area, GIS Cabinet. Call number to be added when available . The documentation is available online or on the CD-ROM as Word files.