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Will La Niña follow El Niño? What the past tells us

January 28, 2016

How likely is a La Niña the year after an El Niño, and in particular after a strong one like this year's? IRI's Tony Barnston analyzes the history of ENSO behavior since 1950 for a possible answer.

Bark without bite: The socio-economic context of the 1950s drought

January 26, 2016

The drought of the 1950s was among the most widespread, severe and sustained ever experienced in the United States, exceeding that of the 1930s "Dust Bowl" in several states. Specifically, the 1950s . ...

SAMOS: How one dataset helps improve weather predictions

January 26, 2016

Did you watch the weather forecast today? Do you ever wonder where meteorologists get the information that helps them predict the weather? Every day, ships, buoys, and coastal platforms take ... ...

January 2016 snowstorm was a Category 5 event

Susan Osborne | January 26, 2016

According to NOAA’s Regional Snowfall Index, the January 22–24, 2016, snowstorm ranked as a Category 5 —“crippling”—event for both the Northeast and Southeast.

Dissecting 2015's warm and wet December

Deke Arndt | January 22, 2016

In the midst of the mega snowstorm bearing down on the East, NCEI's Deke Arndt looks longingly back at December's warmth in his latest Beyond the Data blog.

Warmth in the tropical Pacific in December 2015

Caitlyn Kennedy | January 21, 2016

A strong El Niño continued during December 2015 with well above average sea surface temperatures across the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean, according to NOAA Climate Prediction Center’s monthly El Niño advisory update.

A new OAR technical report informs the development of next-generation NOAA climate reanalysis

January 20, 2016

A new OAR/Climate Program Office (CPO) Report, summarizing key outcomes of the May 2015 NOAA Climate Reanalysis Task Force Technical Workshop held at the NOAA Center for Weather and Climate ... ...

No surprise, 2015 sets new global temperature record

Rebecca Lindsey | January 19, 2016

Global surface temperature was record warm in 2015, moving ahead of the record set just last year by 0.29°F—the largest margin by which one year has ever beaten another since official records began in 1880.

Two new MAPP-funded studies provide new insight into drought understanding and prediction in the Central U. S.

January 18, 2016

New research funded by CPO's Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections Program focuses on drought in the central U. S./Great Plains region and evaluates why summer droughts occur in the ... ...

El Niño and La Niña: Frequently asked questions

Climate.gov Staff | January 18, 2016

Answers to some of the questions that readers frequently ask NOAA experts about El Niño and La Niña.

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