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For five out of seven years studied, the Lut Desert in Iran sweltered like no other place on the planet.
Published Apr 12, 2012
A chilly March ended a seventeen-month warm spell.
Published May 17, 2017
NASA’s ECOSTRESS instrument observed extreme early morning temperatures in the desert of California and Nevada.
Published Aug 20, 2020Atmosphere Heat Land Water Drought Remote Sensing Temperature Extremes
April temperatures soared far above normal, with one location in Thailand breaking the national record.
Published May 4, 2016
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
Unseasonably warm temperatures broke records across the United States.
Published Mar 21, 2012
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 August 2018, temperature records fell in the northwestern United States.
Published Aug 15, 2018Image of the Day Atmosphere Land Fires Human Presence Remote Sensing
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
Weather records fell across the northeastern United States and Canada’s Ontario and Maritime provinces.
Published Nov 16, 2017
Temperatures soared in South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland.
Published Feb 21, 2017
High-pressure ridges over the oceans drive warm-weather systems over the continents.
Published Jul 12, 2015
