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
The state jumped from mid-winter right into late spring, setting monthly temperature records in many cities and towns.
Published Apr 9, 2019
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
A chilly March ended a seventeen-month warm spell.
Published May 17, 2017
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
In January 2014, record-breaking heat left Alaskans dealing with unseasonable bouts of rain and avalanches.
Published Feb 4, 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
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
High-pressure ridges over the oceans drive warm-weather systems over the continents.
Published Jul 12, 2015
Unseasonably warm temperatures broke records across the United States.
Published Mar 21, 2012
Weather records fell across the northeastern United States and Canada’s Ontario and Maritime provinces.
Published Nov 16, 2017
Record-breaking heat has exacerbated clusters of wildfires burning throughout the state.
Published Jul 9, 2019
In the summer of 2016, extreme heat waves gripped Siberia, the Middle East, and North America.
Published Aug 11, 2016
England, Scotland, and Wales all recorded their warmest winter day ever in February 2019.
Published Mar 5, 2019
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
In January 2016, a deep chill descended across eastern Asia, particular Mongolia.
Published Jan 30, 2016
In March 2013, the same meteorological phenomenon brought warm weather to the Arctic and cool air spilling into the North America, Europe, and Asia.
Published Apr 3, 2013
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
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
Temperatures soared in South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland.
Published Feb 21, 2017
Blasts of Arctic air spilling into the Midwest and Northeast are poised to make New Year’s Eve frigid for many Americans.
Published Dec 29, 2017
A series of heatwaves has been breaking temperature records across the nation.
Published Jan 31, 2019
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 bitter cold that gripped the eastern half of the United States has been replaced by record-warmth.
Published Feb 6, 2019
April temperatures soared far above normal, with one location in Thailand breaking the national record.
Published May 4, 2016
Land surface temperatures across Europe and Russia were far below the 2000–2008 average in mid-December 2009.
Published Dec 25, 2009
A broad swath of above-average land surface temperatures stretched across southern Australia in late January and early February 2009.
Published Feb 5, 2009
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
A ridge of high pressure brought clear skies and sweltering temperatures to Alaska on June 17, 2013.
Published Jun 19, 2013
While North Americans contended with a blast of Arctic air, Europeans found themselves wondering where winter went.
Published Jan 10, 2014
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