Extreme Temperatures

Texas Hazard Mitigation Package (THMP)

 

SUMMARY and DETAILED DATA

Data Layer:
Extreme Heat (Days): 1980 - 2003
Content:
 Number of days of extreme heat from 1980 to 2003, summarized by county
Counties categorized into 5 classes using the natural breaks method
Use Notes:

Identify the relative risk of this hazard, as expressed by historical occurrences.

Tabular data includes summary of fatalities, injuries, property losses and crop losses for each county.
 
Direct statewide download of this data layer.
User options for downloading this data layer or others by county (or statewide), use the Download Utility
Source:

Data was compiled internally, sourced from the University of South Carolina / Dept. of Geography, Hazards Research Lab
www.cas.sc.edu/geog/hrl

For direct access to data source, SHELDUS database (Spatial Hazard Events and Losses Database for U.S.)
go2.cla.sc.edu/hazard/db_registration

Note: E-Mail address is required for access

 

Data Layer:
Extreme Cold (Days): 1960 - 2003
Content:
 Number of days of extreme cold from 1960 to 2003, summarized by county
Counties categorized into 5 classes using the natural breaks method
Use Notes:

Identify the relative risk of this hazard, as expressed by historical occurrences.

Tabular data includes summary of fatalities, injuries, property losses and crop losses for each county.
 
Direct statewide download of this data layer.
User options for downloading this data layer or others by county (or statewide), use the Download Utility
Source:

Data was compiled internally, sourced from the University of South Carolina / Dept. of Geography, Hazards Research Lab
www.cas.sc.edu/geog/hrl

For direct access to data source, SHELDUS database (Spatial Hazard Events and Losses Database for U.S.)
go2.cla.sc.edu/hazard/db_registration

Note: E-Mail address is required for access

 

 

OTHER MAPS AND DATA

National Weather Service: Graphical Forecasts
weather.gov/forecasts/graphical/sectors

Climate Atlas of the United States
gis.ncdc.noaa.gov/website/ims-climatls/index.html
Note: Click on Lower 48, temperature, then your choice of map

 

OTHER HAZARD INFO

 

Environmental Protection Agency / Climate Change
http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/science/index.html

NOAA / NCDC / Global Warming
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/globalwarming.html

NCDC NOAA Temperature Extremes and Drought
www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/severeweather/temperatures.html

FEMA / Extreme Heat
http://www.fema.gov/hazard/heat/index.shtm

FEMA / Extreme Cold and Winter Storms
http://www.fema.gov/hazard/winter/index.shtm

Heat Wave Awareness Project
www.esig.ucar.edu/heat/