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Evergreen trees and trees with orange leaves in fall.

November 20, 2025

Assessing the U.S. Temperature and Precipitation Analysis in October 2025

The average temperature for the contiguous U.S. (CONUS) in October was 56.9°F, 2.8°F above the 20th-century average, ranking as the eighth-warmest October in the 131-year record.

November 20, 2025

Assessing the Global Temperature and Precipitation Analysis in October 2025

Globally, October 2025 was the third-warmest October in NOAA’s 176-year record, with a temperature 2.21°F (1.23°C) higher than the 20th-century baseline.

A pier in San Diego, CA with seagulls on the shoreline amid the sun setting.

September 25, 2025

U.S. Drought: Monthly Changes and Impacts for September 2025

Summary of changes in drought and impacts across the CONUS for the month of September.

A wave breaking against the rocks of the Granite Canyon area along the Big Sur coastline.

September 19, 2025

Valuable Pacific Dataset Expanded

NCEI has published an updated version of the Northeast Pacific (NEP) Regional Ocean Climatology. This product describes the long-term state of essential environmental ocean variables.

Visualization of Hurricane Helene making landfall off the coast of Florida.

September 16, 2025

Hurricane Helene Story Map is Released

Nearly one year after Hurricane Helene, NOAA has released a story map titled “Helene in Southern Appalachia”, which offers an overview of the disaster that struck the region in late September 2024.

Observation of the sun on February 10, 2025 from the GOES-16 Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI)

September 15, 2025

New NOAA Space Weather Portal Now Available

NOAA Space Weather Portal (SPOT) is a cloud-based web portal and data processing monitor for NCEI Space Weather data.

Seal laying on ice in Antarctica with glaciers in the background.

September 11, 2025

Assessing the Global Temperature and Precipitation Analysis in August 2025

Globally, August 2025 was the third-warmest August in NOAA’s 176-year record, with a temperature 1.93°F (1.07°C) higher than the 20th-century baseline.

Palm trees lining a road in Hawai’i with the ocean to the right.

September 9, 2025

Assessing the U.S. Temperature and Precipitation Analysis in August 2025

The average temperature for the contiguous U.S. (CONUS) in August was 73.4°F, 1.3°F above the 20th-century average, ranking in the warmest third of the 131-year record.

Hurricane Katrina satellite imagery, 2005.08.28 at 1515Z from NOAA/GOES 12. Credit: NOAA/NESDIS

August 29, 2025

Katrina at NCEI: 20 Years Ago

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, NCEI staff helped develop a project to map Marine Debris in the Gulf.

A country road with dying wheat alongside it and storm clouds overhead.

August 28, 2025

U.S. Drought: Monthly Changes and Impacts for August 2025

Summary of changes in drought and impacts across the CONUS for the month of August.