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Department:August 4, 2020Join three heat experts to talk about how we map, monitor, and lessen the impacts of urban heat islands.
Department:August 3, 2020The August 2020 outlook favors hotter-than-average temperatures along both coasts, while tropical moisture is likely to lead to a wetter-than-average August along the East Coast.
Department:July 24, 2020Our guest blogger, Laura Ciasto, goes over why you need to be attentive to UV radiation if you want to safely enjoy the great outdoors.
Department:July 16, 2020NOAA scientists forecast that the Gulf dead zone would measure roughly 6,700 square miles—bigger than the long-term average recorded since 1985, but lower than the record-high extent observed in 2017.
Department:July 14, 2020June 2020 broke the streak of each month being warmest or second warmest on record by being only the third-warmest June on record.
Department:July 10, 2020The latest monthly summary from the National Centers for Environmental Information also reported that the year-to-date temperature was the eighth warmest in the 126-year record.
Department:July 9, 2020The chance of La Niña developing by the fall and lasting through winter is 50-55%, and NOAA has issued a La Niña Watch.
Department:July 1, 2020July temperatures are favored to be in the warmest third of the recent climate record for much of the U.S. In the drought-stricken Southwest, the odds of well below average precipitation are higher than the odds of an average or wetter-than-average July.
Department:June 22, 2020Volunteers in three states are recording changes to their local beaches, information that's vital to protecting and restoring their seashores.
Department:June 15, 2020May 2020 tied with May 2016 as the warmest May on record for the globe, continuing 2020’s streak of having every single month either be the warmest or second-warmest month on record
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