Forecasts provide an opportunity for us to reduce other stress on ocean life and prepare communities for economic impacts.
In many locations, spring snow also melts earlier, reducing summer streamflows.
NOAA's April 2022 Climate Outlook favors a warm month across the southern and eastern United States, a dry month across the Southwest, and a wet month for the Great Lakes and Northeast.
The March 2022 climate outlook favors a warmer-than-average month for the eastern/south-central US, a cooler-than-average month for the western/north-central US, and a wetter-than-average month for the Great Lakes.
The February 2022 climate outlook favors warmer-than-average temperatures across the southern and eastern U.S., with cooler and wetter conditions favored across the north. Out West, a drier-than-average month is forecast.
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Use this interactive map to browse a collection of animated gifs showing monthly sea level at U.S. tide-monitoring stations over their lifetimes.
Climate change is transforming the Arctic into a ‘dramatically different state.’ Browse this collection of image highlights from NOAA's 2021 Arctic Report Card.