This land surface temperature anomaly map spans the three months of meteorological winter: December 2008-February 2009.
Published May 9, 2009
People in eastern North America shivered through February 2015, while those in the western part of the continent experienced unusually warm weather.
Published Mar 10, 2015
Winter is loosening its grip on the Northern Hemisphere, but the seasonal change in Northern Europe is less dramatic than most years.
Published Mar 23, 2020Image of the Day Atmosphere Land Drought Fires Snow and Ice Temperature Extremes
Unseasonably warm temperatures broke records across the United States.
Published Mar 21, 2012
England, Scotland, and Wales all recorded their warmest winter day ever in February 2019.
Published Mar 5, 2019
As of early January 2007, the 2006-2007 Northern Hemisphere winter was proving to be a mild one in terms of temperatures.
Published Jan 10, 2007
Temperatures were well above the norm for the month, setting records and rising well above the long-term trends.
Published Apr 17, 2012
It was cold across the eastern part of North America, but the opposite was true in other parts of the world.
Published Dec 6, 2018
If you live in the northern hemisphere, the past few weeks have been strange. In places where it should be seasonably hot, it’s just warm. In places where weather is usually mild in the summer, it has been ridiculously hot.
Published Aug 8, 2014
Large waves in the atmosphere mean that a cold snap in one area is often accompanied by unusual warmth in another.
Published Jan 3, 2018
The temperatures in the first days of the winter games have been colder than usual.
Published Feb 16, 2018Image of the Day Atmosphere Land Human Presence Remote Sensing
A combination of very warm days, unusually frosty nights, and little rainfall have turned the landscape brown for the start of spring.
Published Oct 1, 2017
This color-coded map shows temperature anomalies for July 2010. Areas with above-average temperatures appear in shades of red, and areas with below-normal temperatures appear in shades of blue.
Published Aug 18, 2010
High-pressure ridges over the oceans drive warm-weather systems over the continents.
Published Jul 12, 2015
This color-coded map shows above- and below-normal temperatures in early July 2010, when a heat wave struck much of North America and Eurasia.
Published Jul 16, 2010
The small town of Eagle was hotter on May 23 than it has been on any day in Houston or Dallas this year.
Published May 27, 2015
While North Americans contended with a blast of Arctic air, Europeans found themselves wondering where winter went.
Published Jan 10, 2014
These maps compare January minimum temperatures and July maximum temperatures in the U.S. Climate Normals, a 30-year frame of reference. The new normal reflects a warming world.
Published Jul 6, 2011
Weather records fell across the northeastern United States and Canada’s Ontario and Maritime provinces.
Published Nov 16, 2017
This color-coded map shows temperature anomalies for the United States, Canada, eastern Siberia, and Greenland for January 9 to 16, 2011.
Published Jan 26, 2011
