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Search ArticlesThe ENSO blog is dead. Long live the ENSO blog!
The second Thursday of each month is ENSO-forecast day at NOAA, the day that the agency weighs in on whether ENSO—short for El Niño-Southern Oscillation—is currently warm (El Niño), cool (La Niña), or neutral, and how likely it is to stay that way in coming months. It’s a big day because ENSO is a big deal, the single most influential natural climate phenomenon on Earth.
Colorado River’s Lake Powell at historic lows in summer 2026
lake-powell-drawdown-20260720--corrected.png 1080 × 1350 1,328.2 KB On July 19, Lake Powell was just 22% full—the lowest it's been on that date since the lake was first filled to capacity in the early 1980s. Overall, the Colorado River system was at 33% of capacity.
Highlights from 'State of the Climate in 2025'
The Arctic saw near-record warmth. The Arctic had its second-warmest year in the 126-year record. Surface air temperatures in the Arctic are increasing at roughly three times the global average rate. Precipitation is also increasing across the region. In response to the precipitation and temperature increases, tundra plants have been increasing; 2025 marked the third highest value in the record with respect to greenness, a measure of the increase in plants and productivity.
Global Climate Dashboard
Sort by Indicator: This index tracks back-and-forth shifts in air pressure between the Arctic and the mid-latitudes of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Learn more Since 1979, the extent of ice covering the Arctic Ocean at the end of summer has shrunk nearly 45 percent. Learn more Atmospheric carbon dioxide has risen more than 50 percent since people began burning fossil fuels for energy.
Climate.us named NCSE Friend of the Planet for 2026
Climate.us is among the winners of the National Center for Science Education (NCSE) Friend of the Planet award for 2026. NCSE granted the award in recognition that Climate.us, led by Rebecca Lindsey, “preserves and extends climate content censored from the federal government's websites.” Climate.us has been built by former members of the team behind the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate.gov website, which was effectively shut down in 2025.
A deep pool of extremely warm water is available to fuel El Niño in summer 2026
In June, NOAA announced that the El Niño-Southern Oscillation—Earth’s most powerful natural climate pattern—had entered its warm phase. From the beginning, models have been predicting it will be a strong event. This animation reveals a big reason for their confidence: a deep pool of warm water building up beneath the surface of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Provided the atmosphere plays its part, these warm waters can sustain the developing El Niño.
Tornado season 2025: active through April, and May is keeping pace
This is a guest post by Prof. Kelsey Malloy, with the Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences at the University of Delaware. She specializes in diagnosing the influence of climate on severe convective storm risk. She is also an accomplished blogger at Seasoned Chaos, which focuses on subseasonal-to-seasonal forecasting. ***** On your mark, get set, go! The 2025 U.S. severe weather season is off to a formidable start.
We are absolutely confident that some expected La Niña impacts will bust this winter
Right now, with La Niña conditions currently underway, I guarantee at least one of our readers is currently thinking “This alleged ‘La Niña’ is going to bust so hard in my region. It’s supposed to be DRY and it’s been WET so far. What the heck is wrong with you people!? BUST, BUST, BUST…” It’s frustrating! I get it! That’s because I too am human and get weirdly annoyed when the forecast is for something I want to happen, say 5 inches of snow, and then we end up with dry pavement.
February 2025 La Niña update: La Niña today, gone tomorrow?
La Niña conditions continue, but forecasters estimate a 66% chance of a switch to neutral in March–May. This is looking like a weak and short La Niña. Also, while La Niña’s ocean conditions are currently weak, the atmospheric component is fairly strong. Today, I’ll cover current conditions, the forecast, and that mismatch between the ocean and atmosphere across the tropical Pacific Ocean. Live in the moment La Niña and its counterpart El Niño make up the El Niño/Southern Oscillation, or ENSO.
More than just weather: how climate shapes life in Washington, D.C., and the Galapagos
Put any meteorologist or scientist on the spot and ask them to define the climate in 10 seconds or less, they will blurt out some variation of “climate is the average of weather” (I’m guilty of this!). And, while it’s true in a narrow sense, it doesn’t provide a complete picture. We can’t expect to fully understand—much less predict—a location’s climate just by averaging its day-to-day weather. Let me explain by comparing the climates of Washington, D.C. and the Galapagos Islands.