Blog

Announcements, blog posts, and updates from the Cal-Adapt: Analytics Engine team.

The 2020 Sacramento Heat Waves: What Happened and What the Future Holds
Science

Back-to-back heat waves in August and September 2020 pushed Sacramento to the edge of its energy capacity. Here’s what the data says.

Aug 18, 2026
Two New Technical White Papers Published
Announcement

The Cal-Adapt team has published two new white papers covering the science and methods behind the Extreme Meteorological Year and Global Warming Level energy-sector climate…

Aug 12, 2026
Extreme Climate Profiles Data Now Available
Announcement

Extreme Climate Profile Data Now Available for Download through the Cal-Adapt: Data Explorer

Aug 12, 2026
New Analytics Engine Website
Announcement

The Cal-Adapt: Analytics Engine website has a new look and improved navigation.

Aug 3, 2026
Jupyter Notebooks Reorganized for Active Maintenance
Announcement

The Analytics Engine team has reorganized Jupyter notebooks into actively maintained and archived repositories.

Jun 1, 2026
climakitae Documentation Revamp
Announcement

The Analytics Engine team has launched a complete revamp of the climakitae documentation.

May 14, 2026
Climate Profiles Data Now Available for Download
Announcement

Climate Profiles data is now available for download through the Cal-Adapt: Data Explorer.

Apr 17, 2026
Feedback Series on Climate Profiles
Announcement

The Analytics Engine team is hosting an engagement series to gather feedback on Climate Profiles.

Apr 6, 2026
New Guidance on Heat Metrics for Energy Sector Planning
Announcement

New guidance on Heat Metrics for Energy Sector Planning is now available.

Mar 20, 2026
Climate Profiles Are Live
Announcement

An extensive set of pre-generated Climate Profiles is now available in the Data Catalog.

Mar 16, 2026
Annual Report 2025 Now Available
Announcement

The Analytics Engine Annual Report 2025 is now available.

Feb 2, 2026
New Guidance on Getting Data at the Census Tract Level
Announcement

New guidance explains the risks and limitations of mapping gridded climate data to census tracts.

Jan 15, 2026
New JupyterHub Server Size Options
Announcement

New server size options are available on the Analytics Engine JupyterHub.

Jan 1, 2026
climakitae 1.5.0 Released
Announcement

climakitae version 1.5.0 features major performance improvements and a new ClimateData interface.

Jan 1, 2026
climakitae 1.4.3 Released
Announcement

climakitae 1.4.3 brings major enhancements to climate profile generation and test coverage.

Nov 20, 2025
New Climate Profiles Guidance Published
Announcement

New guidance on annualized hourly climate profiles is now available.

Nov 14, 2025
New User Contribution Guidelines for Notebooks
Announcement

New guidelines outline how community members can contribute notebooks to the platform.

Oct 28, 2025
(Re)Introduction to Cal-Adapt Webinar Recording Available
Announcement

Watch the recording of the (Re)Introduction to Cal-Adapt webinar.

Aug 6, 2025
climakitae 1.2.3 Released
Announcement

climakitae 1.2.3 brings performance improvements and a reorganized set of data access notebooks.

Apr 3, 2025
Presentation to California’s 5th Climate Change Assessment Authors
Announcement

The Analytics Engine team presented to California’s 5th Climate Change Assessment Authors.

Feb 18, 2025
climakitae 1.1.0 Released
Announcement

climakitae version 1.1.0 adds global warming levels functionality and several fixes.

Dec 2, 2024
Analytics Engine Team at AGU24
Announcement

Analytics Engine team members will present posters and sessions at AGU24 in Washington D.C.

Nov 8, 2024
Annual Report 2023-2024 Now Available
Announcement

The Analytics Engine Annual Report 2023-2024 is now available.

Aug 16, 2024
v1.0 of Analytics Engine Guidance Materials Live
Announcement

Version 1.0 of the Analytics Engine Guidance materials is now live.

Aug 6, 2024
Analytics Engine Update Meeting Announced
Announcement

An Analytics Engine Update Meeting for working group members will cover new notebooks and tools.

Feb 5, 2024
climakitae 0.1.0 Released
Announcement

climakitae 0.1.0 brings a reorganization and renaming of notebooks.

Nov 2, 2023
Understanding Climate Futures through the lens of Global Warming Levels
Science

Why framing regional climate projections around global warming levels (rather than emissions scenarios and specific time periods) offers advantages for isolating…

Sep 25, 2023
Join Us at the California Adaptation Forum
Announcement

The Analytics Engine team will host a workshop and session at the California Adaptation Forum.

Jul 14, 2023
Annual Report 2022 Now Available
Announcement

The Analytics Engine Annual Report 2022 is now available.

Dec 22, 2022
Virtual Workshop for Potential Climate Data Users
Announcement

A virtual workshop on climate data and analytics for California’s climate goals will be held online.

Sep 20, 2021
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