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Globally, September 2026 ranked as the second-warmest September on record, trailing only 2023. Global sea surface temperature departure from average reached an all-time high for any month, surpassing ...

On an early May morning in 1883, the captain of the German warship Elisabeth spotted a cloud of ash and dust rising above the uninhabited island of Krakatau. Little did the captain know that his ...

In the aftermath of tropical cyclones, images of flattened buildings, uprooted trees, and flooded streets dominate news coverage. But some storm damage can’t be captured in photographs: Hurricanes ...

Select a state from the menu below to access 1-, 2-, and 3-day snowfall maximums from each county and the location at which it occurred. Values are in inches. Data were last updated on July 6, 2026 to ...

The average temperature for the CONUS in September was 69.4°F, 4.6°F above the 20th-century average, making it the warmest September in the 132-year record, surpassing the previous record set in 1998 ...

NOAA hosted the 2026 Industry Partnerships Summit at the NOAA Auditorium and Science Center in Silver Spring, MD.

Sea ice extent provided by the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) is available from 1979–2026 for the Globe, Northern Hemisphere, and Southern Hemisphere. Snow cover extent provided by the ...

For the year, temperatures were much-above average across nearly the entire contiguous U.S., with record warm temperatures across parts of the Southwest, Deep South and from the Upper Midwest to the ...

A geomagnetic storm lies behind every inspiring aurora in our skies. The mystery behind these shimmering curtains of neon-like light isn’t a mystery to scientists who study space weather. Rather than ...

Warmest on record: July 2026 averaged 76.9°F, the warmest month on record (1895–present) for the contiguous United States (CONUS). Widespread warmth: Above-average temperatures covered the entire ...

Observations of nighttime lights are reaching their sunset at NCEI. The product, along with several others from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) satellite instrument, move to a ...