News

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.

June 18, 2019

The global land and ocean temperature departure from average for May 2019 was fourth highest on record for the month of May.

June 18, 2019

NCEI releases a new version of the NOAA Global Temperature dataset used worldwide for climate studies.

June 13, 2019

According to the June 11 U.S. Drought Monitor, moderate to extreme drought covers 4.0% of the United States.

June 6, 2019

According to the June 4, 2019, U.S. Drought Monitor, moderate to extreme drought covers 5.0% of the United States.

June 6, 2019

The May precipitation total for the contiguous U.S. was 4.41 inches, 1.50 inches above average, ranking second wettest in the 125-year record.

June 5, 2019

NCEI announces the most recent update of the World Ocean Database and World Ocean Atlas.

June 3, 2019

In the interest of protecting lives and property, new research focuses on tropical cyclone behavior.

May 30, 2019

According to the May 28 U.S. Drought Monitor, moderate to extreme drought covers 3.3% of the United States.

May 29, 2019

The U.S. Drought Monitor has added the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands to its weekly summary and maps.

May 29, 2019

Our High Definition Geomagnetic Model (HDGM) provides a clearer picture of Earth’s magnetic field.