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There’s a lot going on at NCEI. Discover more about us and Earth’s climate, oceans, coasts, and geophysics in these featured news stories.

February 20, 2020

According to the February 18 U.S. Drought Monitor, moderate to extreme drought covers 8.0% of the United States including Puerto Rico.

February 14, 2020

Climate scientists see the potential for future years to land among the ten hottest, based on a refined method to calculate yearly global rankings.

February 14, 2020

NCEI scientists are highlighting some of our latest coastal and ocean research, products, and services at the 2020 Ocean Sciences Meeting.

February 13, 2020

Below-average sea ice extent at both poles

February 13, 2020

According to the February 11, 2020 U.S. Drought Monitor, moderate to extreme drought covers 8.9% of the United States including Puerto Rico.

February 6, 2020

All Lower 48 states average temperatures ranked above to much-above average

February 6, 2020

According to the February 4 U.S. Drought Monitor, moderate to extreme drought covers 8.9% of the United States including Puerto Rico.

January 30, 2020

According to the January 28 U.S. Drought Monitor, moderate to extreme drought covers 9.2% of the United States including Puerto Rico.

January 23, 2020

According to the January 21 U.S. Drought Monitor, moderate to extreme drought covers 9.6% of the United States including Puerto Rico.

January 23, 2020

Quarterly summaries of climate impacts and outlooks are available for several regions and subregions of the United States.