The 15th installment of NOAA's Arctic Report Card NOAA's 15th Arctic Report Card catalogs the numerous ways that climate change continues to disrupt the polar region.
October 2020 was the fourth warmest October on record dating back to 1880, which makes it the lowest-ranked month so far in 2020.
November 2020 is favored to be warmer than average for much of the United States and drier than average across the southern US.
September 2020 was the hottest September on record for the globe, continuing a sweltering year.
The latest maps from NOAA's Climate Prediction Center show where October 2020 is forecast to be much hotter and drier than average in the U.S. It's not a great outlook for the wildfire-affected West.
August 2020 was the second-hottest August on record, and it ended the hottest summer on record for the Northern Hemisphere.
The September 2020 temperature and precipitation outlook favors a warmer- and drier-than-average September across the western United States, and a wetter-than-average month across the south-central Plains and much of the East.
A Colorado summer: Drought, wildfires and smoke in 2020
August 20, 2020
July 2020 was the second-warmest July on record for the globe, as 2020 continues its scorching path to one of the hottest years on record.