This guide provides instructions on how to find and access the most commonly used NOAA data portals. While it is not an entirely comprehensive list of all the data that NOAA provides, the guide houses the most popularly used data all in one spot, and serves as a big step into NOAA-centric research.
You can find the names of these NOAA data portals on the left-hand side of this guide. Clicking on their names will provide more information such as what the datasets are, how to access the data portal, and how to search for information on them.
For this guide, data is defined as NOAA-collected data. It is information created by NOAA instruments, people, and tools. Primary data is the raw data you may find on the websites listed here, and secondary data is data that is analyzed.
The focus for much of this data is in meteorology, climatology, oceanography, and fisheries.
The NOAA data found here is separate from NOAA publications. Please visit our guide on publications to learn more.
If you have any suggestions for data not included in this guide, please contact library.reference@noaa.gov.
