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Snow during El Niños from 1950 to 2009

Rebecca Lindsey | September 25, 2018

Forecasters think the tropical Pacific climate phenomenon known as El Niño is likely to visit this winter. What might that mean for snow?

It's not the heat; it's the humidity

Deke Arndt | September 20, 2018

We live in a warming world. And we often characterize that warming through metrics of temperature. But that’s only a sliver of the story. Another sliver, and perhaps a more consequential one, is Big Rain.

How do rainfall totals predicted for Florence compare to an average September in the U. S. Southeast?

Rebecca Lindsey | September 14, 2018

In the bull's-eye of heaviest rainfall predicted for Hurricane Florence, parts of North and South Carolina may see more than 4 times their average September rainfall in a single week.

September 2018 ENSO Update: back to school

Emily Becker | September 12, 2018

Forecasters are favoring the onset of El Niño conditions this fall. Our blogger gives you the details!

How is September climate changing in the U. S.?

Rebecca Lindsey | September 11, 2018

Warming in the West outstrips cooling in the East for a slight overall U.S. warming trend in the first month of fall.

To help forecast air quality and issue timely warnings, NOAA aims to answer what fires emit and how

Cody Sullivan | September 6, 2018

Wildfires are burning larger and more intensely than before, emitting smoke that poses a health risk to people. FIREX will provide information about what chemicals smoke emits in order to keep people healthy.

What's the U. S. climate outlook for September 2018?

Tom Di Liberto | September 5, 2018

The September 2018 temperature and precipitation Outlooks for the United States predict warmer than average temperatures for much of the country and wetter than average conditions for the central Plains and eastern seaboard.

Did global warming stop in 1998?

Rebecca Lindsey | September 4, 2018

The 15 years from 1998–2012 were the warmest on record at that time, but the rate of global surface warming was slower than it had been in the 2-3 decades prior thanks to several natural influences. Meanwhile, the ocean's heating imbalance continued to climb.

Why did Earth's surface temperature stop rising in the past decade?

Caitlyn Kennedy | September 1, 2018

The most likely explanation for the lack of significant warming at the Earth’s surface in the past decade or so is that natural climate cycles caused shifts in ocean circulation patterns that moved some excess heat into the deep ocean.

A hot, dry summer has led to drought in Europe in 2018

Tom Di Liberto | August 30, 2018

Hot, dry conditions turned northern Europe brown during the summer of 2018.

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