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
The bitter cold of winter settled ferociously over the interior of Asia during the first week of 2006.
Published Jan 14, 2006Image of the Day Heat Land Life Snow and Ice Temperature Extremes
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
Land surface temperatures across Europe and Russia were far below the 2000–2008 average in mid-December 2009.
Published Dec 25, 2009
The Sun heats not only the air around us, but the land we walk on. Scientists are interested in the difference between the two.
Published May 2, 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
This land surface temperature anomaly map spans the three months of meteorological winter: December 2008-February 2009.
Published May 9, 2009
High-pressure ridges over the oceans drive warm-weather systems over the continents.
Published Jul 12, 2015
April temperatures soared far above normal, with one location in Thailand breaking the national record.
Published May 4, 2016
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
Almost all land surfaces on the planet experienced unusually warm temperatures.
Published Mar 17, 2016
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
In the summer of 2016, extreme heat waves gripped Siberia, the Middle East, and North America.
Published Aug 11, 2016
