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November 2021 was fourth-warmest November on record
Rebecca Lindsey |
December 15, 2021
The fingerprints of La Niña were all over the global precipitation map.
November 2021 was seventh-warmest, eighth-driest November on record for U.S.
Rebecca Lindsey |
December 10, 2021
Dry conditions were unusually widespread, and total drought area increased by more than 5 percent.
December 2021 U.S. Climate Outlook: A La Niña-like pattern with warmth over much of the U.S.
Tom Di Liberto |
December 01, 2021
The December 2021 climate outlook favors a warmer-than-average end to 2021 for much of the country, with odds tilted towards a drier-than-average December for the Southeast
2021 Antarctic ozone hole larger than average
Rebecca Lindsey |
November 22, 2021
But the Montreal Protocol is working: the hole in our planet’s UV-blocking ozone layer was smaller than those of the 1990s and 2000s.
Earth has fourth-warmest October on record in 2021
Rebecca Lindsey |
November 16, 2021
Northern Hemisphere land areas were record warm, and La Niña left its imprint on global precipitation patterns.
October 2021 was ninth-wettest, sixth-warmest on record for U.S.
Rebecca Lindsey |
November 09, 2021
Atmospheric rivers and a powerful Nor'easter brought significant precipitation to the U.S. in October. East of the Rockies, most of the country was warmer than average.
Global climate summary for September 2021
Rebecca Lindsey |
October 15, 2021
It was the fifth-warmest September on record, and the East Asian summer monsoon was especially wet.
U.S. climate summary for September 2021
Rebecca Lindsey |
October 11, 2021
Warmth was widespread across the contiguous United States, while precipitation was a patchwork, with most of the drier-than-average regions in the already-parched West.
October 2021 U.S. Climate Outlook: Finally, some less-than-scary news for the West
Tom Di Liberto |
October 04, 2021
The October 2021 climate outlook favors a warmer-than-average month for the central and eastern United States and wetter-than-average conditions for the Plains.
August 2021 global climate summary
Rebecca Lindsey |
September 15, 2021
It was the sixth-warmest August on record for the globe. It's very likely that the year will wind up among the 10 warmest years on record.
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