![2020 was the United States' fifth-warmest year on record](/sites/default/files/2020_US_monthly_temp_recap_480.jpg)
Nationwide warmth was accompanied by extreme precipitation differences: dry conditions in the West and wet conditions in much of the East.
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Por una gran mayoría, los científicos del clima están de acuerdo en que la temperatura global promedio hoy en día es más cálida que en la época preindustrial, y que la actividad humana es el principal factor contribuyente.
![2020 Arctic Report Card: Climate.gov visual highlights](/sites/default/files/2020ARC_temp_map_graph_480.png)
The 15th installment of NOAA's Arctic Report Card NOAA's 15th Arctic Report Card catalogs the numerous ways that climate change continues to disrupt the polar region.
![A conversation with Emily Fischer: atmospheric chemist, educator, advocate for women in geosciences](/sites/default/files/emily_fischer_480.jpg)
Climate.gov talks with Emily Fischer—an early-career atmospheric scientist and educator who has already made significant contributions to Earth science and fostering greater inclusion of women in the geosciences.
![September 2020 was warm and dry in the U.S. West, cool in the middle, and wet in the South and Southeast](/sites/default/files/US_Oct2020_precip_tempanom_480.jpg)
The soaking brought to the Gulf region by tropical cyclones in September 2020 contrasted starkly with the hot, dry conditions in the West.
![September 2020 U.S. climate outlook: late season heat wave across the West, with potential frosts and freezes across the Northern Plains](/sites/default/files/Outlook--Monthly--Drought--US--2020-09-00-480.png)
The September 2020 temperature and precipitation outlook favors a warmer- and drier-than-average September across the western United States, and a wetter-than-average month across the south-central Plains and much of the East.
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Record-high sea level, noteworthy extreme weather, and rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and oceans are just a few of the hundreds of highlights from Earth's annual checkup.
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Join three heat experts to talk about how we map, monitor, and lessen the impacts of urban heat islands.
![August 2020 U.S. climate outlook: Tropical wetness to douse the East Coast while dryness likely to continue across Southwest](/sites/default/files/USoutlooks_August2020_480.jpg)
The August 2020 outlook favors hotter-than-average temperatures along both coasts, while tropical moisture is likely to lead to a wetter-than-average August along the East Coast.
![Was May 2020 warm and dry or cool and wet across the U.S.? It depends…](/sites/default/files/US_May2020_tempanom_480.jpg)
While May 2020 precipitation deficits drew parts of the West deeper into drought, parts of the Upper Midwest, Ohio Valley, and the Southeast got soaked.