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Need better, faster drought information? Visit the new Drought.gov
January 27, 2021
Motorists being warned of severe drought conditions with electronic road signs along U.S. Highway 50 in Sacramento, California. Taken August 5, 2015.
Scientists project more ice cover for Great Lakes this year
January 21, 2021
An image from space of the Great Lakes from NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite on January 20, 2020. What's missing from the Great Lakes in this image? Ice. Looking through the cloud cover you can see that ice coverage of the Lakes was well below what is expected for this time of the year. (2020 image).
2020 was Earth’s 2nd-hottest year, just behind 2016
January 14, 2021
A collage of typical climate and weather-related events: heatwaves, drought, hurricanes, wildfires and changes in sea ice coverage.
NOAA, NASA to announce 2020 global temperature, climate conditions
January 12, 2021
A collage of typical climate and weather-related events: heatwaves, drought, hurricanes, wildfires and changes in sea ice coverage.
Record number of billion-dollar disasters struck U.S. in 2020
January 8, 2021
Nation saw its 5th-warmest year on record
Irvine, California: Two fires began early morning of October 26, 2020, which quickly spread over 30,000 acres in 48 hours. More than 90,000 people were mandated to evacuate. The wildfires in this photo are captured raging in the hills just behind the nighttime urban city landscape of two tall towers and many buildings. The U.S. West experienced its most active wildfire season in 2020, with California recording 5 of the 6 largest wildfires in its history.
Dr. Michael R. Farrar is new director of National Centers for Environmental Prediction
December 16, 2020
NOAA College Park, MD.
NOAA monthly U.S., global climate report call: December 17
December 15, 2020
Experts recap November and provide outlooks through March
A collage of typical climate and weather-related events: heatwaves, drought, hurricanes, wildfires and changes in sea ice coverage.
November and 2020 year to date rank 2nd hottest on record for globe
December 14, 2020
A collage of typical climate and weather-related events: heatwaves, drought, hurricanes, wildfires and changes in sea ice coverage.
U.S. just had its 4th-hottest November and year to date on record
December 9, 2020
November 30 saw a historic conclusion to the 2020 hurricane season
Western U.S. states had a remarkably warm autumn in 2020. Pictured here is an October 16, 2020, photo of national forest lands in Colorado posted by the U.S. Forest Service at facebook.com/GMUG.NF.
Sea ice loss and extreme wildfires mark another year of Arctic change
December 8, 2020
Arctic Report Card: 15 years of observations document impact of changing polar climate
A lone hiker in the distance walks toward a creek with a snowless mountain range in the background. Location: Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. Posted on the park's Facebook page on June 30, 2020.(facebook.com/GatesOfTheArcticNPS)
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