Climate Prediction Center

Climate Prediction Center

Agency overview
Formed	1995; 29 years ago (1995)
Preceding agencies	Climate Analysis Center Weather Bureau Climate and Crop Services
Jurisdiction	US Federal Government
Headquarters	College Park, Maryland, United States
Parent department	Department of Commerce
Parent agency	National Centers for Environmental Prediction
Website	cpc.ncep.noaa.gov

The Climate Prediction Center (CPC) is a United States federal agency that is one of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction, which are a part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service. CPC is headquartered in College Park, Maryland. Its roots trace back to the climatological work of Thomas Jefferson, with the United States Army Signal Corp taking over responsibility of the climate program in the late 19th century. Once it became part of the United States Weather Bureau, it was known as the Weather Bureau Climate and Crop Services. From 1957 through 1966, the United States Weather Bureau's Office of Climatology, located in Washington, D.C., and then Suitland, Maryland, published the Mariners Weather Log publication. Late in the 20th century, it was known as the Climate Analysis Center for a time, before evolving into CPC in 1995. CPC issues climate forecasts valid for weeks and months in advance.