A third year of La Niña, a record-setting underwater volcanic eruption, and drought expansion. These are just a few of the highlights of the State of the Climate 2022 report.
The November 2022 climate outlook favors a warmer- and drier-than-average month for the eastern United States and a cooler- and wetter-than-average month for the Northwest.
The August 2022 climate outlook favors a hotter-than-average month for much of the contiguous United States outside of the Southwest where the monsoon is expected to bring wetter and cooler-than-average conditions
May 2022 U.S. Climate Outlook: Cooler- and wetter-than-normal month favored across the northern tier
Across the southern tier, the odds are tilted towards a warmer-than-average May.
Second-highest in number and third-highest in costs, 2021 was another extreme year for weather and climate disasters in the United States.
But lower emissions will reduce the intensity of the driest years of megadrought events.
How did the 2019-20 Winter Outlook do? Pretty darn good if you ask us! Learn just how good in our yearly verification post.
ENSO-neutral is expected to last through spring 2020. See why in our latest ENSO blog and stay for some ENSO trivia.
La Niña usually means a drier than average water year for California. So what happened in 2016-2017 when a weak La Niña coincided with a remarkably wet water year?
The interim director of NOAA's High Plains Regional Climate Center talks about partnering with tribes on the Wind River Indian Reservation to develop new tools and resources for coping with drought.