Sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic are more hurricane-friendly so far this season than in the record-setting 2020 season.
Extreme Events
Multi-year drought and heat waves across Mexico in 2024
July 22, 2024
Temperatures across the North Atlantic Ocean have been record hot for more than a year.
Last year's marine heat wave and coral bleaching was so unprecedented, NOAA had to add new risk levels to this satellite-based monitoring scale.
