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August was warmer than average, capping off a summer that tied for warmest on record.

La Niña conditions are likely to develop soon. Our blogger gives you the low-down on all things tropical Pacific.

Large parts of the country show no tip in the odds toward either a cold or warm September temperature outcome. The rainfall associated with Hurricane Ida's remnants is likely to be enough on its own to lead to a wetter-than-average September for areas in its path.

A new study using data from a NOAA-supported field campaign has found that nearly one-fifth of the wildland firefighters in that campaign had smoke exposure above the recommended occupational exposure limit.

New research on clouds will contribute to a new generation of models aimed at predicting weather and climate.

Almost one-third of the mountain snowpack in the Upper Colorado River Basin owes its existence to atmospheric rivers, according to newly published research.

Let's take a tour through North America's summer monsoon, a critical source of rainfall for the U.S. Southwest and Mexico.

International report confirms 2020 was among three warmest years on record.

Starting on October 5, 2021, a pair of team members with the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment are set to lead a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) to educate participants about what climate change looks like in the Arctic.

An extreme heat event, breaking all previous records, occurred over southwestern Alaska in the summer of 2019. Analyses using a new high-resolution climate model suggest that the extreme heat event was made up to 6 percent more likely by the impacts of increasing greenhouse gases.