Global temperatures were record warm for the 13th consecutive month, tying for the longest record-warm global temperature streak on record.
ENSO is taking some time off, but there's a 79% chance of La Niña later this year. The ENSO Blog is always in session, bringing you the scoop on the current forecast.
Across the United States, only Alaska has higher-than-average odds of a cool July. Elsewhere, July is favored to be much warmer than average. That heat forecast plays a big role in expectations for significant drought expansion this month.
Several rounds of severe storms devastated the Midwest and Great Plains. Four new billion-dollar weather and climate disasters were confirmed in May.
Severe storms devastated the nation’s heartland in late April; spring snowstorm pummeled New England.
As polar vortex season winds down, so does Season 1 of the Polar Vortex Blog. In our final post of the season, we discuss whether the season is ending on a cliffhanger or just tying up loose ends.
For much of the United States, the climate isn't tipping its hand as to whether May temperature and precipitation will be above, below, or near average.
The precise year of the first "ice-free" Arctic summer will likely come down to weather events. For people and other life in the Arctic, the exact timing matters less than the long-term trend.
You should, too.
Our blogger herds some cats who discover that the strong El Niño was not the only factor driving the forecasted precipitation pattern in winter 2023-24. What else was there?