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Road winding through a snowy landscape with the full moon in close focus on the right.

November 30, 2023

U.S. Drought: Weekly Report for November 28, 2023

Moderate to exceptional drought covers 30.3% of the United States including Puerto Rico.

Dry desert landscape in North Dakota with wild turkeys milling around.

November 22, 2023

U.S. Drought: Weekly Report for November 21, 2023

Moderate to exceptional drought covers 31.4% of the United States including Puerto Rico.

A heron in Louisiana walking across cracked soil covered in a thin layer of water.

November 16, 2023

U.S. Drought: Weekly Report for November 14, 2023

Moderate to exceptional drought covers 31.5% of the United States including Puerto Rico.

November 15, 2023

Assessing the Global Climate in October 2023

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

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November 9, 2023

U.S. Drought: Weekly Report for November 7, 2023

Moderate to exceptional drought covers 31.5% of the United States including Puerto Rico.

Aerial view of cargo being transported by boat down the Mississippi River.

November 8, 2023

Assessing the U.S. Climate in October 2023

During October, the average contiguous U.S. temperature was 56.1°F, 2.0°F above the 20th-century average.

Photo collage of different types of environmental data

July 6, 2021

Updated November 7, 2023

Day In, Day Out, NCEI Takes Data Seriously

Behind the colorful pictures of the ocean, reports about the climate, and graphics about billion-dollar disasters lives a lot of data.

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November 2, 2023

U.S. Drought: Weekly Report for October 31, 2023

According to the October 31, 2023 U.S. Drought Monitor, moderate to exceptional drought covers 30.7% of the United States including Puerto Rico, a decrease from last week’s 33.4%. The worst drought categories (extreme to exceptional drought) decreased from 7.6% last week to 6.6%.

Photo of NCEI’s Alessandra (Ale) Pacini posing with a NOAA patch.

November 1, 2023

Humans of NCEI: Alessandra (Ale) Pacini

Here at NCEI, we aren’t just data—we are people. In our Humans of NCEI series, meet the awesome minds that manage one of the largest archives of atmospheric, coastal, geophysical, and oceanic research in the world.

Green and red colors from an aurora over a mountainous landscape and large body of water.

October 31, 2017

Updated October 31, 2023

Remembering the Great Halloween Solar Storms

In late October 2003, the sun unleashed a massive solar storm that affected a variety of technological systems around the world.