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Department:October 16, 2020September 2020 was the hottest September on record for the globe, continuing a sweltering year.
Department:October 9, 2020Climate.gov talks with Emily Fischer—an early-career atmospheric scientist and educator who has already made significant contributions to Earth science and fostering greater inclusion of women in the geosciences.
Department:October 1, 2020The latest maps from NOAA's Climate Prediction Center show where October 2020 is forecast to be much hotter and drier than average in the U.S. It's not a great outlook for the wildfire-affected West.
Department:September 24, 2020Guest blogger Marybeth Arcodia explains her latest research into how the Madden-Julian Oscillation and ENSO sometimes enhance each other's influence on U.S. precipitation and other times cancel each other out.
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 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 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 2, 2020A former NOAA fellow talks about the development of her career and the challenge of telling a model you don't want it to simulate El Niño.
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