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windgusts-derecho·dataset

Damaging Wind Gusts from the May 2022 Derecho

NCEI Wind Gusts for 05/12/2022
atmosphere NASA VEDA COG
In plain English

What it measures. Recorded wind gusts exceeding 70 mph during the May 12, 2022 derecho, a long-lived, fast-moving windstorm that swept across the country.

How it's made. Compiled from the NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database of reported severe weather.

How & where you'd use it. Shows where the most damaging winds hit, supporting damage assessment and storm research.

What's measured

windgustsderecho

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span2022-05-12 → 2022-05-12
  • Spatial extent-104.98, 39.615, -87.854, 49.622
  • FormatsCOG

What you can do with it

  • Map air pollutants — NO₂, aerosols, ozone
  • Track greenhouse gases and Earth's energy budget
  • Feed weather and air-quality analysis
Official description

NCEI Storm Events Database wind gusts exceeding 70mph for the derecho of May 12th, 2022

Get the data

veda_access.py
# NASA VEDA — open STAC API, anonymous (cloud-optimized GeoTIFFs)
from pystac_client import Client

cat = Client.open("https://openveda.cloud/api/stac")
col = cat.get_collection("windgusts-derecho")
items = list(col.get_items())          # browse the analysis-ready COGs
# open an asset with rioxarray:
# import rioxarray; da = rioxarray.open_rasterio(items[0].assets["cog_default"].href)
NASA VEDA is an open STAC catalog — browse and stream the cloud-optimized GeoTIFFs anonymously (no login).