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Sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic are more hurricane-friendly so far this season than in the record-setting 2020 season.
Hurricane Beryl, the first hurricane of the season, rapidly intensified and became a Category 5 storm, breaking records and stunning scientists along the way.
Across the United States, only Alaska has higher-than-average odds of a cool July. Elsewhere, July is favored to be much warmer than average. That heat forecast plays a big role in expectations for significant drought expansion this month.
Matthew Rosencrans of the NOAA Climate Prediction Center tells us why NOAA predicts a very active Atlantic hurricane season.
Warming makes similar events more likely, but models may fail to capture important ocean-ice-atmosphere interactions.
Temperatures across the North Atlantic Ocean have been record hot for more than a year.
Global temperatures were record warm across both land and ocean in May, capping off the warmest spring on record.
The strong 2023-24 El Niño is over. Based on past events, does a strong El Niño portend a strong La Niña? Maybe, but it's complicated.
Several rounds of severe storms devastated the Midwest and Great Plains. Four new billion-dollar weather and climate disasters were confirmed in May.