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Arctic sea ice extent at the 2026 winter maximum in March tied for second smallest of the satellite era. It was the second year in a row of record-low winter ice cover. 

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Winter storms continue even as U.S. winter "warming hole" disappears. New research suggests waviness in midlatitude jet stream not linked to recent Arctic warming.

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Southern California is having an unusually wet start to its water year. Animations of satellite data capture parts of atmospheric rivers making landfall in early January 2026.

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The tropical Pacific climate appears to be leaning toward La Niña this winter. How have past La Niñas affected snow across Canada and the United States?

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