Earth Data Links:

Lamont Climate Data Library

 

 

 

go directly to Levitus sea surface temp This has a large collection of data. It's industrial strength, but you can click around, take the tutorial, and find a wide variety of information here. The IRI Maproom also has access to some useful data.

Lamont Data direct links:

Wind climatology
Wind monthly
Surface Barometric Pressure climatology
Surface Barometric Pressure monthly
Sea Surface Temp climatology
Sea Surface Temp Anomaly
Precipitation climatology
Precipitation, monthly 1971-1999
Temp and Precip plots for a location
More links to Lamont data displays