The August 2022 climate outlook favors a hotter-than-average month for much of the contiguous United States outside of the Southwest where the monsoon is expected to bring wetter and cooler-than-average conditions
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Excessive rainfall enabled a mosquito population boom in Arizona, increasing the opportunities for the virus to spread from birds to people.
Sixth-warmest June on record. La Niña still influencing precipitation patterns.
It's no joke: forecasts are still favoring a La Niña three-peat this winter.
El vórtice polar ártico es una banda de fuertes vientos del oeste que se forma en la estratosfera entre unos 15 y 30 kilómetros por encima del Polo Norte cada invierno. La posible influencia del comportamiento del vórtice polar ártico en la meteorología de otras regiones despierta cada vez más y más interés.
En realidad, desde diversos puntos de vista, es más difícil pronosticar el tiempo para dentro de dos semanas que pronosticar el clima con décadas de anticipación.
Through June, the U.S. area burned by wildfires in 2022 was more than double the long-term average.
The July 2022 Climate outlook favors a hotter-than-average month for much of the country with a continuation of the wet start to the North American monsoon across the Southwest.
Alaska is more than 4,000 miles from the equator. Does the influence of El Niño and La Niña reach that far?
May 2022 was the ninth-warmest May in the 143-year NOAA record. Despite La Niña, there's a greater than 99 percent chance that 2022 will rank among the 10 warmest years on record.