contiguous United States as of February 11, 2010. As snow on the ground eventually turns to water in streams, rivers, and lakes, NOAA's National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center makes dail ...

of humans and wildlife that eat these contaminated animals. According to Alaska Dispatch News in Anchorage, at least 9 Fin whales were found dead near Kodiak Island, AK in June, potentially related to ...

to somewhat dry winters in California. But a new analysis of historical data from scientists in NOAA's Climate Program Office suggests that dryness often deepens into drought the following year, even ...

saltiness is described with the Practical Salinity Scale, which was developed by ocean scientists in the late 1970s. (Like the Richter scale for earthquakes, the Practical Salinity Scale has no units. ...

most of southeastern Colorado's ranchers and farmers rely on rain. The Denver Post reported that in Baca County, in the far southeastern corner of the state, about 15 percent of the farmland is irriga ...

days of decline, and late-season ice-growth spurts are commonplace. But sea surface temperatures in the Barents Sea have been slightly above normal for this time of year, reducing the likelihood of fu ...

storm event frequency, and brown indicates lower storm event frequency. Specifics vary, but in general, springtime tornadoes and hailstorms are less frequent in the southern central United States duri ...

England and the Great Lakes... and even into the Northern Plains. And the driver for that was, in a typical or average winter, they spend many days north of the jet stream in the cold air. Well in thi ...

are during the winter. The Arctic Oscillation influences winter temperatures more strongly in some places than in others, and big differences from average temperature can occur anywhere for reasons ot ...

is a lot of variability in the historical record. Thus, we can conclude that while El Niño might in general lead to higher rainfall totals, there certainly is no 100% guarantee. This holds true for ar ...