Western Regional Climate Center (WRCC)

03/10/2021

Congratulations to Dan McEvoy, Desert Research Institute Assistant Research Professor and Regional Climatologist for the Western Regional Climate Center (WRCC) on being the 2021 recipient of the Rising Researcher Award. This honor is given annually by the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents to one NSHE faculty member from DRI, UNR, and UNLV in recognition of their early-career accomplishments and potential for future advancement and recognition in research.

Dan’s research has increased our understanding of land surface-atmospheric feedbacks and evaporative processes on droughts, the connections between drought, climate, and wildland fire, and natural resource management applications of weather, climate, and satellite data.

Read more here: http://ow.ly/33Cp50DVFKG

12/22/2020

Did you catch Dan McEvoy on NPR's Morning Edition, discussing how climate change sets the stage for natural disasters? If not, here is another chance to listen to his excellent interview! http://ow.ly/xwla50CSovD

Read more about Dan and his important work with the Western Regional Climate Center: https://www.dri.edu/climate-change-and-atmospheric-thirst/

07/08/2019

WRCC researchers worked with the Watersheds Coalition of Ventura County (CA) to produce a report on projected climate change for the County. Interested? Report available here: https://wrcc.dri.edu/Climate/reports.php

07/08/2019

The WRCC June 2019 climate summary is now available! https://bit.ly/2LN0QQ2

05/30/2019

Very cool article on the impacts of atmospheric rivers in British Columbia featuring research on the relationship between atmospheric rivers and snow avalanches led by WRCC's Ben Hatchett.

These rivers in the sky can carry 25 Mississippi Rivers worth of water vapour, unleash a torrent of rain and trigger landslides, avalanches and floods.

04/05/2019

The WRCC March 2019 climate summary is now available! https://wrcc.dri.edu/Climate/Monthly_Summaries/west_summary_show.php?iyear=2019&imonth=3

03/23/2019

Need something fun to do for a few minutes? Help us test new software by telling us about what weather event of 2018 was most memorable where you live! Link here: http://bit.ly/2Yg1TvT Results to follow in a few weeks. Please share!

03/22/2019

Please help find a new observer for the Healdsburg, CA Cooperative Observer station! These observations are critical for tracking weather and climate over time!

We are currently seeking a member of the local Healdsburg community to take over the Healdsburg climate station. The Heladsburg climate station is one of the oldest in the state of California with records going back to 1877.

The National Weather Service Cooperative Observer Program (Coop) is truly the Nation's weather and climate observing network of, by and for the people. More than 8,700 volunteers take observations on farms, in urban and suburban areas, National Parks, seashores, and mountaintops. The data are truly representative of where people live, work and play.

This is a great opportunity to give to your community and nation. If you are interested or know someone that may be a good candidate please contact our program leader Steve Anderson at [email protected]

03/21/2019

Check out our new PRISM precipitation and dew point climatology maps! https://wrcc.dri.edu/Climate/prism_precip_maps.php

03/08/2019

The WRCC February climate summary is now available: https://bit.ly/2TnnSSL

03/08/2019

WRCC's Kelly Redmond in this flashback!

02/05/2019

WRCC January 2019 climate summary now available!
https://wrcc.dri.edu/Climate/Monthly_Summaries/west_summary_show.php?iyear=2019&imonth=1