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The October 2021 climate outlook favors a warmer-than-average month for the central and eastern United States and wetter-than-average conditions for the Plains.
The latest IPCC report on the Physical Science Basis of climate change covers pretty much everything you can think of, including ENSO. So what were its conclusions? Our ENSO Bloggers walk us through the report's conclusions and what they mean.
But lower emissions will reduce the intensity of the driest years of megadrought events.
By 2030, the combination of extreme heat and atmospheric dryness that made the ongoing drought so extreme is likely to return more than once a decade. Such record-low precipitation, however, is likely to remain rare.
It was the sixth-warmest August on record for the globe. It's very likely that the year will wind up among the 10 warmest years on record.
August was warmer than average, capping off a summer that tied for warmest on record.
La Niña conditions are likely to develop soon. Our blogger gives you the low-down on all things tropical Pacific.
Large parts of the country show no tip in the odds toward either a cold or warm September temperature outcome. The rainfall associated with Hurricane Ida's remnants is likely to be enough on its own to lead to a wetter-than-average September for areas in its path.
Let's take a tour through North America's summer monsoon, a critical source of rainfall for the U.S. Southwest and Mexico.