New on the site: the deserts, the record book, and a forecast for every place

A fourth sector page, California's all-time records named to their gauges, and a live NWS forecast handoff from every place page — via the network, not via a new data feed.

Three additions today. The deserts join the marine, mountain and agriculture sector pages, with every place on the site ranked driest-first, the rain shadow measured across four crests, and the monsoon's share of the year charted for the places that actually have one.

The record book collects California's all-time weather extremes — the 134°F world heat record, the deepest snow ever measured in the United States, a certified 199 mph Sierra crest gust — each named to its gauge, its date and its certifier, because a record is a property of one instrument on one day. Six entries carry NOAA State Climate Extremes Committee certification; three older marks are labelled to the Western Regional Climate Center instead, and the difference is stated on the page.

The forecast handoff

This site still carries no live observations and no forecast — that rule has not moved. What every place page now carries is a handoff: one link that opens the official NWS point forecast for that exact station location on weather.city, our network sister site that renders NOAA's National Digital Forecast Database. Climate context here, today's numbers there, and no fabricated middle ground.