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A flooded river touches the bottom of a bridge in Wauwatosa, Wis., near Milwaukee, on August 10, 2025. Source: The ed17, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

December 19, 2025

New 24-Hour Precipitation Record Confirmed for Wisconsin

New 24-hour precipitation record confirmed for the state of Wisconsin.

Electric red tourist train in Switzerland by the countryside.

December 11, 2025

Assessing the Global Temperature and Precipitation Analysis in November 2025

November 2025 ranked as the third-warmest November in NOAA’s 176-year record, with a global surface temperature 2.12°F (1.18°C) higher than the 20th-century baseline.

Field with wheat and autumn-colored trees.

December 8, 2025

Assessing the U.S. Temperature and Precipitation Analysis in November 2025

The average temperature of the contiguous U.S. in November was 46.8°F, 5.1°F above the 20th-century average, ranking as the fourth-warmest November in the 131-year record.

The letters “AI” submerged under ocean water on a sunny day.

December 4, 2025

Key NOAA Dataset Upgraded Using AI

ERSSTv6 has been upgraded from ERSSTv5 by implementing an interpolation method using an artificial neural network.

Evergreen trees and trees with orange leaves in fall.

November 20, 2025

Assessing the U.S. Temperature and Precipitation Analysis in October 2025

The average temperature for the contiguous U.S. (CONUS) in October was 56.9°F, 2.8°F above the 20th-century average, ranking as the eighth-warmest October in the 131-year record.

November 20, 2025

Assessing the Global Temperature and Precipitation Analysis in October 2025

Globally, October 2025 was the third-warmest October in NOAA’s 176-year record, with a temperature 2.21°F (1.23°C) higher than the 20th-century baseline.

A pier in San Diego, CA with seagulls on the shoreline amid the sun setting.

September 25, 2025

U.S. Drought: Monthly Changes and Impacts for September 2025

Summary of changes in drought and impacts across the CONUS for the month of September.

A wave breaking against the rocks of the Granite Canyon area along the Big Sur coastline.

September 19, 2025

Valuable Pacific Dataset Expanded

NCEI has published an updated version of the Northeast Pacific (NEP) Regional Ocean Climatology. This product describes the long-term state of essential environmental ocean variables.

Visualization of Hurricane Helene making landfall off the coast of Florida.

September 16, 2025

Hurricane Helene Story Map is Released

Nearly one year after Hurricane Helene, NOAA has released a story map titled “Helene in Southern Appalachia”, which offers an overview of the disaster that struck the region in late September 2024.

Observation of the sun on February 10, 2025 from the GOES-16 Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI)

September 15, 2025

New NOAA Space Weather Portal Now Available

NOAA Space Weather Portal (SPOT) is a cloud-based web portal and data processing monitor for NCEI Space Weather data.