Browse by Month
Extreme Events
Department:June 24, 2020Not a Mad Lib! Our blogger lays out some of the evidence for and against the notion that volcanic eruptions can trigger El Niño.
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
Department:June 1, 2020While the precipitation outlook for June is varied, the temperature outlook is one-sided, with most of the country having a higher chance for a warm June than a cool one.
Department:May 28, 2020NOAA scientists are using advances in global climate modeling to improve our ability to make seasonal predictions of Atlantic hurricane activity.
Department:May 26, 2020As the region’s dry summer approaches, precipitation deficits pose a threat to livestock operators, farmers, and fish, and heighten the risk of wildfires.
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.
Pages
