The U.S. climate record begins 125 years ago. Where do the data come from, and who had the foresight to begin collecting and preserving observations so many years ago?
Average temperature maps can wash out days or weeks of hot and cold extremes that are important for things like energy planning and crop risk assessment. Jake Crouch explains how degree-day maps can bring back the details.
A quick spin around the March 2018 U.S. climate scene, all else being equal.
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In this week's ENSO blog, Tom DiLiberto gets all judgy over the 2017-2018 Winter Outlook—using science of course.
How this winter's temperature swings may have been partially driven by the Madden Julian Oscillation or MJO.
La Niña usually means a drier than average water year for California. So what happened in 2016-2017 when a weak La Niña coincided with a remarkably wet water year?
La Nina conditions appear to have peaked in strength and will likely last through the upcoming winter.
Herein lies the answer to the question you all have been asking: What about snow?
The Climate Prediction Center's Mike Halpert dives into the 2017-2018 winter outlook, and talks about how La Niña winters today are different from La Niña winters of the past.