An El Niño Watch has been issued, meaning conditions are favorable for the development of El Niño within the next six months.
There’s a hidden story in May’s climate data. Picking it out is like night and day. No, literally, night and day.
Want to forecast both weather and climate? First this means understanding the faster and slower moving features of our atmosphere, ocean, and land.
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?
La Niña is in the rear-view mirror. What’s ahead?
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.
Winter returned with a vengeance to many regions in February and March. Our guest blogger, Dr. Amy Butler, explains why winds in the stratosphere may have been a key player.