Climate Central: A Science & News Organization

Shrinking Cold Snaps

From 1970 to 2021, the longest winter cold snaps shrunk for 97% of the 244 U.S. locations analyzed—a winter trend that can have year-round impacts.

2021 in Review: Global Temperature Rankings

2021 was the 6th hottest year on record for the planet.

Shifting Snow in the Warming U.S.

Snow keeps our planet cooler, feeds water supplies, and underpins local economies and cultures. We unpack how climate change is affecting snow—and snow-dependent communities—across the U.S.

Our Programs

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Program on Sea Level Rise

Search by city, state or zip code to track the risk of flooding in your area.

Climate Matters

Climate Matters provides meteorologists with data & graphics on local weather events and their link to climate change.

Partnership Journalism

Guided by data and science, our journalists collaborate with local newsrooms on compelling climate change coverage.

Climate Matters Highlights

Shrinking Cold Snaps

From 1970 to 2021, the longest winter cold snaps shrunk for 97% of the 244 U.S. locations analyzed—a winter trend that can have year-round impacts.

2021 Winter Package

Climate Central breaks down four key concepts to highlight when discussing climate change and the winter season.

The time between billion-dollar disasters—time to help communities across the nation recover—has dropped to just 18 days on average in recent years (2016-2020), according to Climate Central’s new presentation of NOAA/NCEI data.

Climate change and health

Climate Central’s new toolkit shows how climate change is impacting health locally, and how that may change in the future.

New Toolkit

Climate Change and Human Health

Resources on multiple health impacts of climate change, including locality-specific data and background information.

Special Sections & Tools

CoastalDEM® Coastal Risk Screening Tool

Improved elevation data indicate far greater global threats from sea level rise and coastal flooding than previously understood.

WeatherPower

Use WeatherPower to bring wind and solar electricity generation into your forecasts, based on your local installed renewables capacity.

Realtime Climate

Realtime Climate monitors local weather and events across the U.S. and generates alerts when certain conditions are met or expected. These alerts provide links to science-based analyses and visualizations—including locality-specific, high-quality graphics—that can help explain events in the context of climate change.