March 2012 Becomes Warmest on Record
This NOAA animation shows the locations of each of the 7,793 daytime and 7,493 nighttime records (or tied records) in sequence over the 31 days in March.
Adapting to New Normals: The Heat’s On
As Dr. Heidi Cullen reports, the suffocating heat comes on the heels of the government's release of the new climate "normals". Every 10 years, scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration calculate the 30-year averages for temperature and precipitation from thousands of U.S. locations.
How Do We Know: Hunting Hurricanes
National Hurricane Center scientist Jack Beven explains the technology used to forecast and track hurricanes as they happen.
ClimateCenter: Summer Forecast 2011
This year's Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be busier than usual and the 2011 summer forecast calls for some extreme weather. Heidi Cullen makes the climate connection.
ClimateCenter: Spring Outlook
With what feels like an especially long winter coming to an end, Dr. Heidi Cullen gives a climate outlook for spring 2011.
ClimateCenter: The New Normals
What we’ve known as “normals†for our climate during the past decade will very likely change soon.
ClimateCenter: La Niña Update
The currents around the equator in the Pacific Ocean are cooler than average this year, which means we are experiencing the phenomenon known as La Niña. This can bring good weather conditions, or poor ones, depending on where you live and your point of view. Dr. Heidi Cullen explains.
ClimateCenter: Global Temperatures and the Hurricane Season
Dr. Heidi Cullen has a look behind the numbers of the just-released NOAA temperature analysis, and reports on the 2010 hurricane season as it passes the midway mark.
