Summary: In the growing season, farmers and ranchers keep a watchful eye for any sign of drought. Early warning information can increase their range of options for dealing with the lack of water.

Summary: As precipitation patterns change with changing climate, communities that rely on climate-sensitive aquifers may turn to models to help them manage water supplies.

As California's wet season began in December 2014, it seemed the atmosphere had finally remembered how to rain on the West Coast. Does this mean we can finally stop talking about the drought?

This map shows Lake Mendota water levels for (a) a normal summer, (b) a 100-year flood, and (c) the projected level if a June 2008 storm system that occurred over the Baraboo River watershed had inste ...

Two weeks of heavy rains over south central Wisconsin in June of 2008 flooded the recently renovated Reedsburg wastewater treatment plant. Source : . City of Reedsburg, Wisconsin. ...

Summary: An extreme precipitation event in 2008 cost one town more than a million dollars in infrastructure repairs. Now, other municipalities can simulate how their homes, businesses, and facilities might fare if they experienced a similar event.

Sea surface temperatures were chugging along in late fall of 2014. What's going on now?

The Lower 48 United States was 0.5°F above average in 2014, making it the 34th warmest year in the historical record (1895-2014). It was the 18th year in a row with above-average temperature.

Several times a year the MJO contributes to various extreme events in the United States, including Arctic air outbreaks during winter across the central and eastern portions of the country.

Maps and images from NOAA's online sea level rise viewer helped city officials in Tybee Island, Georgia, raise awareness of the city's vulnerabilities and set priorities for adaption efforts.