April 2013 cool & stormy for U.S.
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While April lived up to its wet reputation in some U.S. regions, drought continued to worsen in the Southwest.
March 2013 Global Temperature Update
April 18, 2013 Jessica Blunden, Susan Osborne
While Mother Nature was still giving the United States the cold shoulder during March, many other areas across the world experienced higher-than-average monthly temperatures according to the latest statistics from NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center. The average global temperature for March 2013 tied with 2006 as the 10th warmest March since recordkeeping began in 1880.
In stark contrast to last year, March 2013 cooler than average in the U.S.
April 15, 2013 Jake Crouch, Susan Osborne
Looking at the temperature maps for March 2013, you might think that Old Man Winter over stayed his welcome or that Mother Nature was trying to make up for last March’s record-breaking heat. The average temperature for the contiguous United States during March was nearly 1° Fahrenheit below the twentieth-century average and the 43rd coolest March on record.
Underwater: Land loss in coastal Louisiana since 1932
April 5, 2013 Caitlyn Kennedy - NOAA Climate Program Office
Every year, 25-35 square miles of land off the coast of Louisiana—an area larger than Manhattan–disappears into the water due to a combination of subsidence (soil settling) and global sea level rise. Toggle these maps to see how much has disappeared in the past 80 years.
2012-13 U.S. Winter Recap: Mixed messages on drought
March 11, 2013
Winter storms in February improved drought in the Southeast and Midwest, but well below average precipitation in parts of the West in recent months has worsened drought in other places.
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Local is Everything: Climate Divisions Reveal Your Story
Spring 2013 has brought something fairly unusual in recent years—colder-than-average temperature for the nation as a whole. NOAA’s Deke Arndt talks about how spring temperatures in three U.S. climate divisions compare to the local long-term trend.
To escape drought, slow and steady wins the race
During late winter, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas received sorely needed rain which helped reduce short-term impacts, like wildfire and dry topsoil. But it has taken months to develop deep and severe drought in the region, and a few wet weeks won’t erase that situation. It can take months of ideal conditions to bring soil, rivers, and vegetation back to health.
Local Is Not Global: Pockets of Cold in a Warming World
On any given day or any given month, somebody somewhere experiences colder-than-average temperature, even though the globe as a whole is warmer than average. We know this through climate monitoring, which entails measuring temperature on land and across the ocean.
The Story for Spring: Drought Relief Not Likely
April 1, 2013 Caitlyn Kennedy - NOAA Climate Program Office
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.
In Watching for El Niño and La Niña, NOAA Adapts to Global Warming
February 5, 2013 Rebecca Lindsey
As the whole ocean gets warmer, NOAA scientists must redefine what they consider “average” temperature in the central tropical Pacific, where they keep watch for El Niño and La Niña.
