Climatologists study data using specific terms to describe climate change. Climatologists use climate norms, ice cores and climate models to determine predictions.
Determine the growing season for a specific area, using the Climate Atlas of the U.S. Understand the importance of freeze probability to agriculture and planting times.
Climatologists and meteorologists use historical data collected from weather records over the past 45 years in the U.S. and Canada, to predict snow on Christmas Day.
Although drought is difficult to define or forecast, climatologists can determine the impact and intensity of droughts using drought indicators and precipitation indices.
Changes in the Southern Oscilliation Index affect Australia's climate greatly, with extremely dry conditions of El Niño and warmer, wetter weather caused by La Niña.
