This year's hole in the ozone layer was slightly smaller than last year, and well below the peak size in 2006.
U.S. Winter Outlook: Warmer, drier South with ongoing La Niña
October 20, 2022
The month tied for fifth-warmest September on average for the globe. North America was record warm, while La Niña continued to chill the tropical Pacific.
Call it what you like—triple-dip, three-peat, three-bean salad—we are facing the third La Niña winter in a row.
Fifth-warmest September on record; heatwave brought record temperatures to the West.
It's October. So in addition to talk of ghouls and goblins, we must chat about the October 2022 climate outlook. The outlook favors a hotter-than-average month for the western and central United States, and a colder- and wetter-than-average month for the Mid-Atlantic.
August 2022 drew to a close the third-warmest summer on record for the contiguous United States.
It's all but a done deal: odds of La Niña this winter are higher than 90 percent. Plus a reminder list of why we care so much about La Niña.
The September 2022 climate outlook favors a warmer-than-average month for most of the contiguous United States along with a dry/wet split between the northern and southern tiers of the U.S.
Global surface temperature was among the 6 warmest years on record, despite a "double-dip" La Niña event that chilled the Pacific much of the year.