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New NOAA climate action plan emphasizes needs of underserved communities

May 1, 2024

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Photo showing the sun rises above the Empire State Building in New York City on August 4, 2022, as seen from Hoboken, New Jersey.

NOAA expands availability of new heat forecast tool ahead of summer

April 22, 2024

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Photo showing the sun rises above the Empire State Building in New York City on August 4, 2022, as seen from Hoboken, New Jersey.

Photo showing Stacey Henry, founder of the Delaware Resilience Hub, and her daughter, Mylee, volunteered to collect temperature, humidity, time and location data for the 2023 NOAA-supported Urban Heat Island mapping campaign in Wilmington, Delaware and surrounding townships. They joined other volunteers who attached sensors to their cars to collect the data that was used to create a detailed map of the hottest areas in their community.

Federal agencies, communities to map heat inequities in 14 U.S. cities

April 16, 2024

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Photo showing Stacey Henry, founder of the Delaware Resilience Hub, and her daughter, Mylee, volunteered to collect temperature, humidity, time and location data for the 2023 NOAA-supported Urban Heat Island mapping campaign in Wilmington, Delaware and surrounding townships. They joined other volunteers who attached sensors to their cars to collect the data that was used to create a detailed map of the hottest areas in their community.

Photo showing Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad, Ph.D. and Singapore Minister for Sustainability and the Environment and Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations Ms. Grace Fu signed an MOU to enhance bilateral cooperation on environmental management and climate protection in Singapore on April 15, 2024.

Singapore and the U.S. enhance cooperation on environmental and climate protection

April 15, 2024

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measuring and modeling climate

Photo showing Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator Rick Spinrad, Ph.D. and Singapore Minister for Sustainability and the Environment and Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations Ms. Grace Fu signed an MOU to enhance bilateral cooperation on environmental management and climate protection in Singapore on April 15, 2024.

MARCH 30, 2024, PHILIPPINES: A person takes a dip in Manila Bay, hoping to cool down as the state weather bureau warned of heat indexes reaching dangerous levels of up to 110 degrees F in some areas. March 2024 was the warmest March on record for the world, and the tenth month in a row of record heat.

Last month was Earth's warmest March on record

April 12, 2024

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MARCH 30, 2024, PHILIPPINES: A person takes a dip in Manila Bay, hoping to cool down as the state weather bureau warned of heat indexes reaching dangerous levels of up to 110 degrees F in some areas. March 2024 was the warmest March on record for the world, and the tenth month in a row of record heat.

Image showing screenshot of the new NOAA National Weather Service experimental HeatRisk tool and website for the contiguous U.S. The NWS HeatRisk page provides heat forecasts in a climatological context with CDC-based health impact messaging by taking into account how unusual the heat is for the time of year, the duration of the heat including both daytime and nighttime temperatures and if those temperatures pose an elevated risk of heat-related impacts based on CDC data.

NOAA, CDC news conference to unveil new heat forecast tool and health guidance

April 11, 2024

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Image showing screenshot of the new NOAA National Weather Service experimental HeatRisk tool and website for the contiguous U.S. The NWS HeatRisk page provides heat forecasts in a climatological context with CDC-based health impact messaging by taking into account how unusual the heat is for the time of year, the duration of the heat including both daytime and nighttime temperatures and if those temperatures pose an elevated risk of heat-related impacts based on CDC data.

FEBRUARY 4, 2024: An aerial view of destroyed houses at Villa El Olivar in the wake of forest fires in Vina del Mar, Chile. At least 1,300 homes were destroyed as unusually high temperatures of 40 degrees C (104 degrees F) hit the country. South America sweltered through its warmest February on record in 2024.

Earth just had its warmest February on record

March 14, 2024

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monthly climate report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024: An aerial view of destroyed houses at Villa El Olivar in the wake of forest fires in Vina del Mar, Chile. At least 1,300 homes were destroyed as unusually high temperatures of 40 degrees C (104 degrees F) hit the country. South America sweltered through its warmest February on record in 2024.

February 18, 2024: Waves roll toward the shore on Lake Michigan in St. Joseph, Michigan.The Great Lakes shorelines are historically ice covered this time of year. Persistent warmth resulted in a steady decrease in ice coverage across the Great Lakes this winter, which reached a historical low of 2.7% on February 11.

The U.S. had its warmest winter on record

March 8, 2024

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February 18, 2024: Waves roll toward the shore on Lake Michigan in St. Joseph, Michigan.The Great Lakes shorelines are historically ice covered this time of year. Persistent warmth resulted in a steady decrease in ice coverage across the Great Lakes this winter, which reached a historical low of 2.7% on February 11.

Kyra Woods, policy advisor for the city of Chicago, hands out sensors to volunteers who will attach a sensor to their car and drive established routes in the city. The sensor can record temperature, humidity and location. The data are then used to create a detailed map of urban heat pockets in the city.

NOAA seeks applications for 2024 urban heat island initiative

December 19, 2023

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citizen science

Kyra Woods, policy advisor for the city of Chicago, hands out sensors to volunteers who will attach a sensor to their car and drive established routes in the city. The sensor can record temperature, humidity and location. The data are then used to create a detailed map of urban heat pockets in the city.

October 4, 2023: An aerial view of the drought-hit harbor of Cacau Pirêra, where houses that normally float on the water are lying on the river bed in Iranduba, Amazonas, Brazil. October 2023 was the world’s — and South America’s — warmest October on record.

The planet just had its warmest October on record

November 15, 2023

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monthly climate report

October 4, 2023: An aerial view of the drought-hit harbor of Cacau Pirêra, where houses that normally float on the water are lying on the river bed in Iranduba, Amazonas, Brazil. October 2023 was the world’s — and South America’s — warmest October on record.

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