Monthly and year-to-date climate highlights from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.
Understanding Climate
Explainers, factsheets, reports, and other resources
There's a 50-60 percent chance of a much warmer than average May in parts of the Pacific Northwest, and a 50-60 percent chance of a much wetter than average May in parts of California.
NOAA predicts moderate to major spring flooding along the upper Mississippi River from Minneapolis to St. Louis.
Despite the cooling influence of La Niña, 2022 was the sixth-warmest year on record.
The January 2023 climate outlook favors a wetter-than-average start to the new year for the western US, northern Plains, Great Lakes and Tennessee Valley, and a warmer-than-average month for the central and eastern United States.
For those of you dreaming of a white Christmas, NOAA has a map showing the historic probability of your dream coming true.
The December 2022 climate outlook favors a colder-than-average month across the northern US, and a warmer-than-average month across the southern US. Meanwhile, odds are tilted towards a wetter-than-average December for the West and Ohio and Tennessee Valleys.
Earth had its fourth-warmest October on record.
Drought extends across two-thirds of the Lower 48 U.S. states, and the Mississippi River is at its lowest levels in a decade.
A basic explainer about the international climate meeting known as “COP.”