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  • Is ENSO running a fever, or is it global warming?

    April 22, 2021

    The tropical Pacific Ocean is warming up! What does that mean for the way we measure the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)?  Time to start looking at relative sea surface temperatures.

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    Climate change and the 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals

    April 19, 2021

    Every ten years, NOAA releases an analysis of U.S. weather of the past three decades, calculating average values for temperature, rainfall, and other climate conditions that have come to represent the new “normals” of our changing climate.

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  • GLobal map of March 2021 temperature compared to average

    First month of Northern Hemisphere spring 2021 was warmer than average across the globe

    April 14, 2021

    Although this was the smallest warm departure for any March since 2014, it was still the eighth-warmest March for the planet in the 142-year record.

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  • Map of April 2021 temperatures across the U.S. compared to average

    March 2021 was warmer than average for much of the contiguous U.S., with a wet bull’s-eye in the heart of the country

    April 9, 2021

    A wetter-than-average March moderated drought in parts of the Central Plains, but severe to exceptional drought remained widespread in the West.

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  • April 2021 ENSO update: spring triathlon

    April 7, 2021

    La Niña conditions are still present in the tropical Pacific, but they're weakening. Our blogger gives you the rundown on all things La Niña.

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