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April 2020: another month that’s the second warmest on record

May 14, 2020

Like the months before it, April 2020 was also the second warmest on record for the globe, which means 2020 is almost certain to be among the four warmest years on record.

May 2020 temperature and precipitation outlook

May 4, 2020

The May 2020 temperature and precipitation outlook issued by NOAA's Climate Prediction Center forecasts a warmer-than-average May for the western United States and Gulf Coast and a drier-than-average month for the Great Lakes.

March 2020 continues hot start to the year

April 14, 2020

Global temperatures in March 2020 were the second warmest on record, helping to start spring off just as abnormally warm as winter ended.

Annual forecast challenge and other research highlight the complexity of sea ice prediction

April 8, 2020

In 2015, NOAA's Climate Program Office (CPO) invited grant proposals from sea ice and climate scientists looking to better understand and predict Arctic sea ice behavior, on timescales ranging from days to decades. This is our second story on some of the resulting research.

Winter and February 2020 end as second warmest on record for the globe

March 16, 2020

Cool conditions in Alaska and northern Canada related to a strong polar vortex were not enough to outweigh the extreme warmth across Europe and Asia in February 2020. Both the Northern Hemisphere and the globe as a whole had their second-warmest February on record.

Temperature and precipitation outlooks for March 2020

March 2, 2020

It's the start of meteorological spring, and warmer-than-average temperatures are favored for the central/eastern United States, while the precipitation outlook is more variable.

Sea surface temperature anomaly map for the Arctic

2019 Arctic Report Card: As sea ice disappears, Arctic seas are experiencing extreme summer warmth

December 10, 2019

With few exceptions, unusual warmth dominated Arctic Ocean basins in 2019.

Climate.gov tweet chat: Talk with a sea level rise expert about past and future risk of high-tide flooding on U.S. coasts

November 14, 2019

On Tuesday, November 19, NOAA sea level rise expert William Sweet answered questions in a Climate.gov tweet chat about sea level rise and U.S. high-tide flooding.

Outlook for November 2019 tilts cold for Great Lakes and Northeast, dry for mountain West

November 4, 2019

NOAA National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center released their temperature and precipitation outlook for November. What does it say? Read on to find out.

Flash drought engulfs the U.S. Southeast in September 2019

October 9, 2019

Much of the southeastern United States went from little drought to widespread severe drought in a matter of a few weeks thanks to little rain and hot and sunny days.

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