In the summer of 2016, extreme heat waves gripped Siberia, the Middle East, and North America.
Published Aug 11, 2016
Unseasonably warm temperatures broke records across the United States.
Published Mar 21, 2012
April temperatures soared far above normal, with one location in Thailand breaking the national record.
Published May 4, 2016
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
One month after experiencing record-breaking temperatures, Europe again is sweltering under a heatwave. And this one is more intense.
Published Jul 26, 2019Image of the Day Heat Land Human Presence Remote Sensing Temperature Extremes
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
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
Extreme heat broke meteorological records, canceled flights, and made life miserable for millions of people.
Published Jun 23, 2017
Fires are raging in eastern Siberia in the midst of an unusually long-lived heat wave.
Published Jun 23, 2020Image of the Day Atmosphere Heat Land Drought Fires Remote Sensing Temperature Extremes
Satellite observations of land surface temperatures show a continent broiling under record-setting mid-summer heat.
Published Jan 23, 2013
Weather records fell across the northeastern United States and Canada’s Ontario and Maritime provinces.
Published Nov 16, 2017
England, Scotland, and Wales all recorded their warmest winter day ever in February 2019.
Published Mar 5, 2019
Temperatures were well above the norm for the month, setting records and rising well above the long-term trends.
Published Apr 17, 2012
This map depicts land surface temperature anomalies for July 20 to 27, 2011, in the midst of a month-long heatwave across much of the United States.
Published Aug 6, 2011
In December 2013, the same kink in the jet stream brought frigid cold to the continental U.S. and record heat to Alaska.
Published Dec 14, 2013
The heat has broken temperature records in several parts of the continent.
Published Jun 28, 2019Image of the Day Atmosphere Land Human Presence Remote Sensing Temperature Extremes
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
