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August 2012 Global Climate Update

The average global temperature for August 2012 was more than 1° Fahrenheit above the 20th-century average, according to the latest monthly analysis from the National Climatic Data Center, making it...

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Global Climate Event: Late monsoon leads to drought in India

The rainy season in India arrived late and delivered far less precipitation than usual in summer 2012, leading to severe drought across large parts of the country. More than 50 percent of the labor...

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El Niño and U.S. winter weather

According to NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, weak El Niño conditions may develop this fall. How might a full-fledged El Niño event this winter influence weather where you live? Years of monitoring...

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Drought on the Rio Grande

This article is the first in a 2-part series about water, climate, and agriculture in New Mexico’s Lower Rio Grande Valley. On a mid-July afternoon, ditch riders—men patrolling irrigation...

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Climate &…Peanut Butter

Image © iStockphoto.com/cislander. “Trick-or-treaters might want to hold on to those Reese’s Cups this Halloween,” CNN Money quipped in October 2011. The advice wasn’t unfounded. Following a drought...

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November 2012 U.S. climate update: word of the month is “dry”

According to the latest statistics from NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center, the November nationally averaged precipitation total of 1.19 inches was nearly an inch below the long-term average making...

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U.S average temperature right at freezing for January, rain and snow a bit...

[Update: Feb. 15, 2013] The original headline described January’s 0.14 inch precipitation anomaly as “near average.” We have revised the headline to conform to the language of the official ranking...

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2012-13 U.S. Winter Recap: Mixed messages on drought

The contiguous United States experienced a warmer- and wetter-than-average 2012–13 winter according to the latest statistics from NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center. The December 2012–February 2013...

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Spring 2013: Little Relief from Drought

Ned Gardiner, Climate Visualization Manager, contractor to NOAA NOAA’s National Weather Service released its Spring Outlook on March 21st. The Outlook encompasses temperature, precipitation, drought,...

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The Story for Spring: Drought Relief Not Likely

NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center released its Spring Outlook on March 21. The big story for the upcoming spring: relief for many drought-stricken areas of the United States is not likely. The map...

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