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NOAA released a study of Groundhog Day predictions and found Punxsutawney Phil to be the 17th most accurate groundhog in the United States. File Photo by George M Powers/UPI | License Photo Jan. 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released a study analyzing the annual prognostications…

A decade ago, startups raising money to launch commercial weather satellites were convinced they had a goldmine on their hands because they could improve forecasting models. The problem? NOAA spent years evaluating the commercial observations before acquiring limited datasets under short-term contracts. Many of the businesses, figuratively and literally, never…

Data: NOAA GFS; Map: Erin Davis/Axios VisualsA powerful Arctic outbreak tied in part to the polar vortex is set to send temperatures by next week tumbling down to as cold as 35 degrees Fahrenheit below average for mid-January, forecasts show. Why it matters: The hazardous cold could endanger public health...Read More

Tomorrow-S1 and Tomorrow-S2, Tomorrow.io's microwave sounder satellites, were launched in August 2024 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Credit: Tomorrow.io NEW ORLEANS – In addition to purchasing global datasets, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) plans to pay a premium for observations of oil spills or other events. For…

Officials have announced that an "unusual" La Niña weather pattern (that was supposed to start last summer) is finally underway. However, it is expected to be weaker and shorter than usual. La Niña is the cold phase of a natural climate pattern called the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle,…

Amid a week of horrifying wildfires in Los Angeles, government agencies in the U.S. and around the world confirmed Friday that 2024 was the planet’s hottest year since recordkeeping began in 1880. It’s the 11th consecutive year in which a new heat record has been set, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson…

Last year was the hottest ever recorded, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released Friday. In 2024, Earth overall saw its highest global temperature dating to the beginning of NOAA's climate record in 1850, according to the agency. The planet's average temperature was 1.46 degrees…

NOAA says La Nina ocean cooling has finally arrived, but it's weak and may cause fewer problemsRead More

A deadly wildfire continues to burn in parts of Los Angeles in Southern California, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) satellites continue to monitor the location of the fire and smoke across the region. The Palisades Fire, which began Tuesday morning (Jan. 7), grew to just under 3,000…

Data: NOAA Global Forecast System; Map: Erin Davis/Axios VisualsAn Arctic outbreak partially tied to the polar vortex encircling the far north is set to bring some of the coldest air in years to locations east of the Rocky Mountains during the next two to three weeks...Read More