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A car drives through a snowstorm on an open road in Broomfield, Colorado, in 2024.

El Nino looms large over U.S. Winter Outlook

October 15, 2026

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A car drives through a snowstorm on an open road in Broomfield, Colorado, in 2024.

A car drives through a snowstorm on an open road in Broomfield, Colorado, in 2024.

NOAA to issue 2026-2027 U.S. Winter Outlook October 15

October 8, 2026

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A car drives through a snowstorm on an open road in Broomfield, Colorado, in 2024.

Large waves crash over a jetty as a large coastal storm bears down.

Weekend nor’easter likely to bring damaging winds, coastal flooding

September 25, 2026

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Large waves crash over a jetty as a large coastal storm bears down.

#Nolo could bring catastrophic flooding, mudslides to Hawaii's Big Island

September 25, 2026

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NOAA’s flood mapping tool now covers nearly 100% of U.S.

September 24, 2026

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The Great Miami Hurricane of 1926: A century of science advancing warnings from hours to days

September 17, 2026

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advisories, watches, warnings

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NOAA's National Severe Storms Laboratory mobile radar tracks a thunderstorm in Nebraska

NOAA selects Tomorrow.io to help advance U.S. weather forecasting

September 17, 2026

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NOAA's National Severe Storms Laboratory mobile radar tracks a thunderstorm in Nebraska

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NOAA boosts weather data collection capabilities with new Mesonet contract

August 27, 2026

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A satellite image of 3 hurricanes in the Pacific starting left to right with Dolphin, Fausto and Genevieve.

Pacific Hurricanes Fausto and Genevieve actually had origins near Africa

August 6, 2026

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satellite images

A satellite image of 3 hurricanes in the Pacific starting left to right with Dolphin, Fausto and Genevieve.

A satellite image of Tropical Storm Bertha's eye swirling off the Gulf Coast the afternoon of July 22, 2026.

NOAA maintains prediction for below-normal Atlantic hurricane season

August 6, 2026

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A satellite image of Tropical Storm Bertha's eye swirling off the Gulf Coast the afternoon of July 22, 2026.

A plane flies in a grey, cloudy sky.

New turbulence detection tool aims to make commercial flights smoother

August 4, 2026

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aviation weather

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NOAA’s use of cloud infrastructure grows to include weather prediction models

July 27, 2026

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supercomputing/IT

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Happy 250th USA! Here's your July 4th weekend forecast

July 2, 2026

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An aerial view of a valley town with streets and houses overcome by brown flood waters.

Sudden danger: the science and stakes of flash flood forecasting

July 1, 2026

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An aerial view of a valley town with streets and houses overcome by brown flood waters.

An animation using a globe depicting changes in sea surface temperatures (red for warmer, blue for cooler) in tropical Pacific Ocean.

El Nino forms, expected to strengthen, say NOAA forecasters

June 11, 2026

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El Nino, La Nina, ENSO

An animation using a globe depicting changes in sea surface temperatures (red for warmer, blue for cooler) in tropical Pacific Ocean.

An animation using a globe depicting changes in sea surface temperatures (red for warmer, blue for cooler) in tropical Pacific Ocean.

VIDEO: What exactly are El Niño and La Niña?

June 10, 2026

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El Nino, La Nina, ENSO

An animation using a globe depicting changes in sea surface temperatures (red for warmer, blue for cooler) in tropical Pacific Ocean.

A satellite image of the Earth showing an abnormally warm area near the equator off the West Coast of South America.

Understanding El Niño & ENSO

June 10, 2026

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El Nino, La Nina, ENSO

A satellite image of the Earth showing an abnormally warm area near the equator off the West Coast of South America.

A NOAA satellite view of Hurricane Erin off the U.S. East Coast taken August 20, 2025.

NOAA predicts below-normal 2026 Atlantic hurricane season

May 21, 2026

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Atlantic hurricane season

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hurricane season

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A NOAA satellite view of Hurricane Erin off the U.S. East Coast taken August 20, 2025.

An aerial view of a car sitting in a Holiday Inn parking lot flooded with seawater with 2 flags waving on a nearby flagpole.

El Nino and high tide flooding could be 'double whammy' for some coastal communities

May 15, 2026

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tides and currents

El Nino, La Nina, ENSO

An aerial view of a car sitting in a Holiday Inn parking lot flooded with seawater with 2 flags waving on a nearby flagpole.

Satellite image of side-by-side hurricanes swirling in Atlantic Ocean, close to the southern U.S. East Coast.

NOAA to announce 2026 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook

May 4, 2026

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Atlantic hurricane season

seasonal outlooks

Satellite image of side-by-side hurricanes swirling in Atlantic Ocean, close to the southern U.S. East Coast.

Hurricane Hermine

Get your #HurricanePrep on: Are you ready?

April 30, 2026

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Atlantic hurricane season

hurricane season

Hurricane Hermine

Photo showing People line up to board the NOAA and U.S. Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft during the Gulf Coast Hurricane Awareness Tour 2023 in Tallahassee, Florida, on May 4, 2024.

NOAA and U.S. Air Force Reserve 'Hurricane Hunters' to visit the Gulf Coast

April 16, 2026

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Atlantic hurricane season

hurricane hunters

Gulf of America

Photo showing People line up to board the NOAA and U.S. Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft during the Gulf Coast Hurricane Awareness Tour 2023 in Tallahassee, Florida, on May 4, 2024.

Smoke and flames from the Gifford wildfire dominate the night sky in the Garcia Wilderness, a 14,000-acre portion of the Los Padres National Forest near Pozo, California on August 12, 2025. The fire started on August 1, 2025 along Highway 166, west of Cuyama and has burned more than 130,000 acres.

Multimedia story: Forecasters chart the weather battlefield for fire crews

April 9, 2026

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Smoke and flames from the Gifford wildfire dominate the night sky in the Garcia Wilderness, a 14,000-acre portion of the Los Padres National Forest near Pozo, California on August 12, 2025. The fire started on August 1, 2025 along Highway 166, west of Cuyama and has burned more than 130,000 acres.

Image showing students lining up to board the U.S. Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands during the 2022 Caribbean Hurricane Awareness Tour

Hurricane Experts to host preparedness mission in Florida Keys and Caribbean

April 6, 2026

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hurricane hunters

hurricane season

Image showing students lining up to board the U.S. Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands during the 2022 Caribbean Hurricane Awareness Tour

Strike a pose with #SafePlaceSelfie on April 8

Join us April 8 for #SafePlaceSelfieDay: Where would you go?

April 1, 2026

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Strike a pose with #SafePlaceSelfie on April 8

Ground crews use spray equipment to de-ice an American Airlines jet at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport on January 24, 2026 in Texas.

NOAA improves aviation forecasts to bolster U.S. air travel efficiency, safety

March 30, 2026

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aviation weather

Ground crews use spray equipment to de-ice an American Airlines jet at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport on January 24, 2026 in Texas.

Image of Hurricane Milton from NOAA's GOES-16 satellite on Oct. 8, 2024. (Credit: NOAA)

National Hurricane Center to issue new forecast cone graphics for 2026 hurricane season

March 24, 2026

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hurricane season

tropical storms

tropical cyclones

Image of Hurricane Milton from NOAA's GOES-16 satellite on Oct. 8, 2024. (Credit: NOAA)

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NOAA's National Weather Service eyes the cloud for next-gen applications

March 23, 2026

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A carpet of colorful (mostly yellow and orange) wildflowers in California with red-toned mountains in the distance.

Spring Outlook: Drought forecasted to expand in U.S. West, parts of Plains

March 20, 2026

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A carpet of colorful (mostly yellow and orange) wildflowers in California with red-toned mountains in the distance.

Bering sea pollock fleet prepares to depart Dutch Harbor, Alaska, for another season of the largest commercial fishery in the U.S.

NOAA strengthens commitment to world-class tsunami monitoring and detection in Pacific

March 17, 2026

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Bering sea pollock fleet prepares to depart Dutch Harbor, Alaska, for another season of the largest commercial fishery in the U.S.

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ProTech Weather 2.0 is Live

February 20, 2026

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NOAA IMETs Jeff Tonkin and Rebecca Muessle discuss their aviation forecast and briefing outside at the helicopter base of the Six Rivers Lightning Fire in Northern California on August 22, 2022.

Media availability: NOAA incident meteorologists train for wildfire season

February 12, 2026

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NOAA IMETs Jeff Tonkin and Rebecca Muessle discuss their aviation forecast and briefing outside at the helicopter base of the Six Rivers Lightning Fire in Northern California on August 22, 2022.

"Stop right there. I never said I had a degree in meteorology!" -- a unnamed groundhog after being questioned by a reporter about his seasonal forecasting skills.

The nation's most famous groundhog 'sees' 6 more weeks of winter

February 2, 2026

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"Stop right there. I never said I had a degree in meteorology!" -- a unnamed groundhog after being questioned by a reporter about his seasonal forecasting skills.

Snowstorm.

Extreme cold expands as East Coast sees another storm this weekend

January 22, 2026

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Snowstorm.

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NOAA deploys new generation of AI-driven global weather models

December 17, 2025

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artificial intelligence or AI

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