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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.
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Cluster of fireflies lit up around ground level and dispersed between tree trunks.
July 20, 2023

U.S. Drought: Weekly Report for July 18, 2023

Moderate to exceptional drought covers 21.6% of the United States including Puerto Rico.

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Photo of NCEI Christina "Chrissy" Maurin professionally posing in front of the U.S. flag.
July 18, 2023

Humans of NCEI: Christina Maurin

Get to know Christina "Chrissy" Maurin, the Dataset Section Chief.

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A bright red/orange band of unusually warm sea surface temperatures extends along the equatorial Pacific Ocean overlaid on a global map during 2016, one of the strongest El Niño events on record.
July 17, 2023
Updated July 17, 2023

ENSO Detection and Monitoring Depends on Data

El Niño and La Niña can bring significant disruption and shifts to global weather patterns; NCEI data help monitor and detect these patterns.

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Rainbow on the left amidst a haze of dark clouds, the ocean, and mountains in the background.
July 13, 2023

U.S. Drought: Weekly Report for July 11, 2023

Moderate to exceptional drought covers 22.5% of the United States including Puerto Rico.

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Kristin Castle in Germany with the dark sky overhead and a city, mountains, and water in the distance.
July 13, 2023

Assessing the Global Climate in June 2023

The global land and ocean temperature departure from average for June 2023 was the highest on record for the month of June.

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Chicago city skyline with the sun setting in the background.
July 11, 2023

Assessing the U.S. Climate in June 2023

During June, the average contiguous U.S. temperature was 69.0°F, which is 0.5°F above the 20th-century average.

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Photo of Death Valley, California
July 10, 2017
Updated July 7, 2023

On This Day: Earth’s Hottest Temperature

On July 10, 1913, Greenland Ranch in Death Valley observed the hottest surface air temperature ever recorded on Earth.

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Story Maps Collage
October 13, 2021
Updated July 7, 2023

NCEI Story Maps: Bringing Data to Life

NCEI uses ArcGIS StoryMaps to integrate maps, text, photos, video, and sound to create a visual narrative.

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Photo of a CTD device in the Gulf of Mexico from NOAA
June 15, 2017
Updated July 7, 2023

Tracking the Gulf Dead Zone

NOAA works to understand, predict, and ultimately reduce hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico and its impacts to ecosystems and coastal communities.

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Dark storm clouds over layered mountains, and green grass in the forefront.
July 6, 2023

U.S. Drought: Weekly Report for July 4, 2023

Moderate to exceptional drought covers 22.6% of the United States including Puerto Rico.

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