Snow and Weather Information Sources

American Society of Civil Engineers, Structural Engineers Institute: http://www.asce.org/instfound/sei.cfm

International Code Council (ICC) states that have adopted International Building Codes (IBC): http://www.iccsafe.org/government/adoption.html

National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) http://www-nsidc.colorado.edu/

NRCS National Water and Climate Center—SNOTEL Data Network—SNOTEL Data—All Sensors http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snotel/

National Council of Structural Engineers Association: http://www.NCSEA.com

SNOTEL Data to Estimate Snow Load Amounts: http://www.id.nrcs.usda.gov/snow/data/geninfo/snowload.html

Structural Engineer Associations

Alabama: http://www.seaoal.com/
Arizona: http://www.seaoa.org/
California: http://www.seaoc.org/
Colorado: http://www.seacolorado.org/
Connecticut:
Florida:
Georgia: http://www.seaog.org/
Hawaii: http://www.seaoh.org/
Idaho:
Illinois: http://www.seaoi.org/
Indiana: http://www.indianasea.org/
Iowa:
Kansas & Missouri: http://www.seakm.org/
Kentucky: http://www.seaok.org/
Louisiana:
Maine: http://www.seam.org/
Massachusetts: http://www.b-ase.org/
Metropolitan Washington, D.C.: http://www.sea-mw.org/
Michigan: http://www.seami.org/
Minnesota: http://www.cecm.org/
Nebraska:
Nevada: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Hub/5968/
New Hampshire: http://www.senh.org/
New Jersey:
New York: http://www.seaony.org/
New Mexico: http://www.seanm.org/
Ohio:
Oklahoma: http://www.oklahomastructuralengineers.org/
Oregon: http://www.seao.org/
Delaware Valley (PA, DE, NJ): http://www.dvase.org/
Rhode Island:
West Tennessee:
Texas: http://www.seaot.org/
Utah: http://www.seau.org/
Vermont: http://www.seavt.org/
Virginia:
Washington: http://www.seaw.org/

State Building Code Information

California: http://www.dsa.dgs.ca.gov/ and California County Building Officials
Idaho: http://www2.state.id.us/dbs/building/code.html
Maryland: http://www.dhcd.state.md.us/
Michigan:  http://www.michigan.gov/cis/0,1607,7-154-10575---,00.html
Minnesota: http://www.buildingcodes.admin.state.mn.us/
Montana: http://arm.sos.state.mt.us/24/24-30001.htm
New Jersey: http://www.state.nj.us/dca/codes/
New Mexico: http://www.rld.state.nm.us/cid/
North Dakota: http://www.state.nd.us/dcs/
Oregon: http://www.cbs.state.or.us/external/bcd/
Pennsylvania: http://www.dli.state.pa.us/landi/cwp/view.asp?a=193&Q-65887&landiRNavradC6865=|&dsftns=1809
Utah: http://www.rules.utah.gov/publicat/code/r156/r156-56.htm
Vermont: http://www.state.vt.us/labind/index.htm
Washington: http://www.sbcc.wa.gov/
Wisconsin: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/code/comm/comm061.html

California County Building Officials

References

American Society of Civil Engineers, "ASCE 7-02, Minimum Design Loads for Buidlings and Other Structures", 2002. ASCE Book Orders, PO Box 79404, Baltimore MD 21279-0404. http://www.pubs.asce.org.

International Code Council, "International Building Code (IBC)", 2003. http://www.iccsafe.org/e/category.html

Fridley, Kenneth J. "Estimating Ground Snow Loads Using Climatological Data", Journal of Structural Engineering, December, 1994.

O'Rourke, Michael and Wrenn, Peter D. "Snow Loads: A Guide to the Use and Understanding of the Snow Load Provisions of ASCE 7-02." 2004. ISBN: 0-7844-0725-8

Sack, R.L. and Sheikh-Taheri, A. “Ground and roof snow loads for Idaho” University of Idaho Press, Moscow, Idaho 1986. http://www.uidaho.edu/engr/cedept/publications.htm

Structural Engineers Association of Arizona. “Snow load data for Arizona” University of Arizona Tempe, Arizona, 1973.

Structural Engineers Association of Colorado. “Snow load design data for Colorado” Denver, Colorado, 1971.

Structural Engineers Association of Oregon. “Snow load analysis for Oregon” Oregon Department of Commerce, Building Codes Division, Salem, Oregon, 1971. http://www.buildingtechbooks.com/

Structural Engineers Association of Washington. “Snow loads analysis for Washington” Seattle, Washington, 1981. http://www.seaw.org/

Videon, F.V. and Stenberg, P. “Recommended snow loads for Montana structures” Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, 1978. MSU Civil Engineering Department, 406-994-2111.