Second-highest in number and third-highest in costs, 2021 was another extreme year for weather and climate disasters in the United States.
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Does your location usually experience its coldest day of the year in early, mid, or late winter? Find an answer with this map based on weather observations between 1991-2020.
The Marshall Fire was a complex event, with some factors that were probably influenced by human-caused global warming and some that were not.
It's been 45 years since the planet had a cooler-than-average year.
La Niña is likely near its peak strength, but that doesn't mean its impacts will disappear anytime soon.
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information recaps the 2021 climate for the United States.
The Marshall Fire near Boulder, Colorado, raced with astonishing speed across thousands of acres. Some of the seeds of the destruction were sown last spring.
A cool, wet January is slightly favored across much of the North, with a warm, dry month favored for the South. Elsewhere, there are even chances for any outcome.
Ariane Arias-Ortiz discusses her journey to her current career.
Use this interactive map to browse a collection of animated gifs showing monthly sea level at U.S. tide-monitoring stations over their lifetimes.