Neutral conditions have returned to the tropical Pacific. Our blogger looks ahead to the rest of 2021.
Marine scientist Flo La Valle's life has taken her from the Philippines, to Rome, to Hawaii. A love for coastal ecosystems and the communities they support has stayed with her.
The highest chances for much warmer than average conditions are in the Great Basin and the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast.
From algae growth and sea ice to tsunamis, moored ocean buoys are vital to understanding and predicting the ocean.
May 2021 was mild across much of the contiguous U.S., with dry conditions widespread across the West, the Northern Plains, the Ohio Valley, and the Mid-Atlantic.
May 2021 global surface temperature was 1.46°F above the 20th-century average, tying with 2018 as the sixth-warmest May in the 142-year record.
Although this was the smallest warm departure for any March since 2014, it was still the eighth-warmest March for the planet in the 142-year record.
The May 2021 outlook favors warmth for the southern half of the country and a wet East-dry West split.
Every ten years, NOAA releases an analysis of U.S. weather of the past three decades, calculating average values for temperature, rainfall, and other climate conditions that have come to represent the new “normals” of our changing climate.
La Niña conditions are still present in the tropical Pacific, but they're weakening. Our blogger gives you the rundown on all things La Niña.