Large parts of the country have an "equal chance" precipitation forecast, but there is a tilt in the odds toward well above average precipitation in parts of the Midwest. Related . NOAA Climate P ...

temperature measurements for winter temperatures in the area. But during NOAA-sponsored missions in 2006 and 2007, Laidre and her team tagged narwhals with sensors that recorded ocean depths and tempe ...

had a very dry spring. That kind of one-two combination really set us up for the heat that we saw in the summer, sort of a positive feedback leading to hotter temperatures, and then the continuation o ...

especially red. Scientists call this unique signature "greenness." The map above shows changes in greenness at the peak of the growing season between 1982 and 2010, based on NOAA satellite observation ...

per decade (0.9 degrees F). The Bering Strait region, which saw the largest temperature anomaly in the Arctic this year, includes the Chukchi Sea. Warming ocean temperatures affects a host of Arctic c ...

to have hosted a Winter Olympic Games, with overnight low temperatures of 39°F (4°C) on average in February, and average daytime highs of 50°F (10°C). The map at right shows the average minimum temper ...

One of the handful of obscure meteorological/climatological seasons is the "cold season," which in the U. S. runs from October through March. Now, I know it's a stretch for a reader in, say, St. Paul ...

Harry Potter universe. But have no fear! It's a tough problem, but someone's already solved it. In 1949, a scientist by the name of Ernest Hovmöller created a diagram that excels at showing movement i ...

killed by a combination of bleaching and disease outbreaks at several sites in the Caribbean. In late summer 2010, NOAA's Coral Reef Watch Program forecasted that the bleaching threat for the Caribbea ...

rain, and droughts—more frequent and severe, putting more people, property, and natural resources in harm's way. Unless there is a rapid and large-scale reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, limiting ...