in Puerto Rico reached major flood stage, and 13 of those reached or exceeded record-flood stage. In Toa Baja, part of the San Juan metropolitan area, families awaited rescue from their rooftops after ...

continued increases in heat-trapping gases, particularly carbon dioxide, models and paleoclimate data indicate that there will be changes in average temperatures, precipitation patterns, drought occur ...

MD, area to come out to the wildlife center to sort and scan cards. After working out some kinks in the process, and building up enough scanned images that transcribers would have a steady supply of c ...

new record low, "By itself it's just a number, and occasionally records are going to get set. But in the context of what's happened in the last several years and throughout the satellite record, it's ...

average global surface temperature in October 2010 was 58.07°F (14.54°C), which is 0.97°F (0.54°C) above the historical average (1901-2000), according to the monthly assessment from NOAA's National Cl ...

real winter soaking. Still, the water year so far has been pretty normal, and drought remains in place across much of the state. Starting from the middle of January, a factory line of storms continuou ...

into account how large an area was affected, and the population in that area. The Northeast. In the Northeast, the RSI value for the January 22-24 snowstorm is 17.758, which makes it a Category 4, or ...

al., 2011; Manucharyan and Federov, 2014). The paleoclimate records show substantial variability in that cycle-meaning there seem to be long time periods (decades to centuries) where the El Niño/La Ni ...

smart." For climate. gov, I'm Deke Arndt. ___ Links . Warmer temperatures continue in September 2012. ...

warm, the Great Lakes are expected to warm and remain ice-free for longer periods of time. In theory, this would increase snowfall during events and extend the lake effect snow season (Burnett et al 2 ...