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Department:May 14, 2020Like 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.
Department:May 12, 2020Climate models project dangerous combinations of heat and humidity by the end of the 21st century. New research says these extremes are already happening.
Department:April 14, 2020Global temperatures in March 2020 were the second warmest on record, helping to start spring off just as abnormally warm as winter ended.
Department:March 16, 2020Cool 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.
Department:March 9, 2020Much of the Southeast experienced extremely wet conditions last month, while almost all of California and parts of Oregon and Nevada were either much drier than average or record dry.
Department:February 27, 2020There’s more than just ENSO in the tropical climate neighborhood. Our blogger discusses an Indian Ocean climate pattern that had an important impact on Australia’s catastrophic 2019 bushfire season.
Department:February 4, 2020Climate.gov talks with scientific scuba diver and marine scientist Danielle Claar, an early career scientist with a passion for everything ocean—from tide pools to coral reefs.
Department:January 8, 2020In 2019, the U.S. experienced 14 separate disasters costing at least a billion dollars each. Since 1980, 258 billion-dollar disasters have brought damages in excess of $1.75 trillion.
Department:January 3, 2020Terrible wildfires raged through parts of southeastern Australia in the first days of 2020.
Department:December 12, 2019ENSO-neutral is expected to last through spring 2020. See why in our latest ENSO blog and stay for some ENSO trivia.
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