Climate

March wet and warm across CONUS, coldest year-to-date since 2012 for Alaska

According to the March 31 U.S. Drought Monitor, moderate to exceptional drought covers 12.2% of the United States including Puerto Rico.

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

According to the March 24 U.S. Drought Monitor, moderate to exceptional drought covers 9.9% of the United States including Puerto Rico.

According to the March 17 U.S. Drought Monitor, moderate to extreme drought covers 10.5% of the United States including Puerto Rico.

New research shows tropical cyclone intensification rates are increasing, and that the damage from storms disproportionately affects disadvantaged nations.

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

According to the March 3 U.S. Drought Monitor, moderate to extreme drought covers 9.6% of the United States including Puerto Rico.

A new paper in Climate by researchers at NOAA and its partners concludes that the Arctic may be essentially ice-free by the 2030s.