Air Temperature

The March 2020 three-month summaries of climate impacts and outlooks are now available for several regions and subregions.

The global land and ocean temperature departure from average for February 2020 was the second highest for the month of February in the 141-year record

Great Lakes communities pummeled by heavy lake-effect snows during February

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

Below-average sea ice extent at both poles

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

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

NOAA, NASA scientists confirm Earth’s long-term warming trend continues

During 2019, the average contiguous U.S. temperature was 52.7°F, 0.7°F above the 20th century average.

Arctic and Antarctic sea ice extents were near-record low during November.