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Topic: Climate analyses and statistics

A man in a red shirt splashes water on his face from a sculpted fountain in Rome, Italy.

July 2025 was planet’s 3rd warmest on record

August 12, 2025

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A man in a red shirt splashes water on his face from a sculpted fountain in Rome, Italy.

Tourists and workers enjoy the warm weather as they sit in Saint James' Park, London.

May 2025 was 2nd-warmest on record for the globe

June 12, 2025

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Tourists and workers enjoy the warm weather as they sit in Saint James' Park, London.

People flock to Windansea Beach along the La Jolla coast during a record heat wave on May 10, 2025, in San Diego, California.

U.S. just saw its 2nd-warmest spring on record

June 9, 2025

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People flock to Windansea Beach along the La Jolla coast during a record heat wave on May 10, 2025, in San Diego, California.

People enjoy the sun in Monbijoupark on April 03, 2025 in Berlin, Germany.

April 2025 was 2nd warmest on record for the globe

May 12, 2025

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People enjoy the sun in Monbijoupark on April 03, 2025 in Berlin, Germany.

Parishioners and community members look over damage after a tornado struck the Christ Community Church on April 3, 2025, in Paducah, Kentucky.

April 2025 a stormy, deadly month for the U.S.

May 8, 2025

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Parishioners and community members look over damage after a tornado struck the Christ Community Church on April 3, 2025, in Paducah, Kentucky.

U.S. just had its 2nd-warmest June amid several record-setting heat waves

July 9, 2024

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January-February-March temperatures compared to the 1958-2024 average across the Northern Hemisphere.

Blog: And that’s a wrap on this season’s stratospheric polar vortex

May 3, 2024

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January-February-March temperatures compared to the 1958-2024 average across the Northern Hemisphere.

An aerial view of a property surrounded by flood water on December 9, 2022, in Louth, Australia. Prolonged flooding along the Barwon-Darling River and its tributaries due to unseasonably high rainfall turned vast swaths of the Western Plains into islands, cut off from road access. 2022 was the warmest La Nina year on record as increasingly extreme and changing conditions impacted the globe.

Extreme rainfall, record warmth and more: Climate highlights of 2023

December 27, 2023

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An aerial view of a property surrounded by flood water on December 9, 2022, in Louth, Australia. Prolonged flooding along the Barwon-Darling River and its tributaries due to unseasonably high rainfall turned vast swaths of the Western Plains into islands, cut off from road access. 2022 was the warmest La Nina year on record as increasingly extreme and changing conditions impacted the globe.

A large cluster of wildfires burns in Alberta, Canada, as seen from NOAA’s GOES-18 satellite on May 5, 2023. May 2023 was North America’s warmest May in NOAA’s 174-year climate record.

Earth saw its 3rd-warmest May in 174 years

June 14, 2023

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A large cluster of wildfires burns in Alberta, Canada, as seen from NOAA’s GOES-18 satellite on May 5, 2023. May 2023 was North America’s warmest May in NOAA’s 174-year climate record.

In this image captured on April 12, 2023 by the Himawari-9 satellite, operated by NOAA’s partners at the Japan Meteorological Agency, Tropical Cyclone Ilsa strengthens as it approaches Australia. Ilsa’s landfall set a new record for the strongest winds observed in western Australia.

April 2023 was Earth’s fourth warmest on record

May 12, 2023

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In this image captured on April 12, 2023 by the Himawari-9 satellite, operated by NOAA’s partners at the Japan Meteorological Agency, Tropical Cyclone Ilsa strengthens as it approaches Australia. Ilsa’s landfall set a new record for the strongest winds observed in western Australia.

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