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Map of U.S. showing number of weeks different places have been experiencing drought conditions

New Drought.gov a one-stop NOAA resource for all things drought

January 20, 2021

New website features more interactive content and easy-to-understand graphics describing current and predicted drought conditions.  

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January 2021 La Niña update: remote destinations

January 14, 2021

The tropical Pacific seems so far away, yet it affects weather and climate around the world. Our blogger updates you on the current La Niña event and what forecasters think is next.

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Small postage-stamp sized maps of monthly temperatures for 2020 in the U.S.

2020 was the United States' fifth-warmest year on record

January 13, 2021

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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smoke over US West coast from satellite

2020 U.S. billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in historical context

January 8, 2021

2020 smashed the previous record for billion-dollar weather and climate disasters. NCEI's Adam Smith gives us a full accounting of the year's events. 

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January 2021 outlook: wetter and warmer than average for much of the United States

January 4, 2021

January 2021 is favored to be wetter and warmer than average for much of the country.

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ENSO and… Antarctica! And penguins!

December 18, 2020

Let's take a trip to the land of penguins and see what ENSO means for Antarctica!

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  • Map showing global and local sea level change in shades of blue and brown

    Climate Change: Global Sea Level

    January 25, 2021

    Sea level has risen 8-9 inches since 1880, and the rate is accelerating thanks to glacier and ice sheet melt. 

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  • Map of U.S. showing number of weeks different places have been experiencing drought conditions

    New Drought.gov a one-stop NOAA resource for all things drought

    January 20, 2021

    New website features more interactive content and easy-to-understand graphics describing current and predicted drought conditions.  

    Read more
  • Eighth-warmest December on record helps 2020 end as second-hottest year on record

    January 15, 2021

    Despite the influence of La Niña, December 2020 was the eighth-hottest December on record helping 2020 become the second-hottest year on record. 

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  • January 2021 La Niña update: remote destinations

    January 14, 2021

    The tropical Pacific seems so far away, yet it affects weather and climate around the world. Our blogger updates you on the current La Niña event and what forecasters think is next.

    Read more
  • Map of 2020 global temperature compared to average

    Month-by-month recap of 2020's global temperature patterns

    January 14, 2021

    2020 was the second-warmest year on record for the globe overall, and land areas were record warm. 

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