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October 14, 2004
The global land and ocean temperature was 1.01°F (0.56°C) above the 1880-2003 long-term mean for September, fifth warmest, based on preliminary data. Using long-term data from the U.S. Historical Climatology Network (USHCN) and preliminary data from the Climate Division Database, the U.S nationally averaged temperature during September was 66.5°F (19.2°C) which was 1.0°F (0.6°C) above the long-term mean, 28th warmest. On the national scale, severe to extreme drought continues to affect about 14 percent of the contiguous United States as of the end of September 2004.
October 13, 2004
During calendar year 2003, fifty-one tropical cyclones with sustained surface winds of at least 64 knots were observed around the world. NOAA's Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellites (POES) captured these powerful storms near peak intensity, which are all presented in this colorful poster The poster dimension is approximately 36"x 27".
October 12, 2004
The purpose of this Conference is to continue discussions initiated during the 2002 Satellite Direct Readout Conference for the Americas and to expand the scope to include all users world wide. This year's Conference theme is: A Decade in Transition. The goal is to meet with users who receive data directly from NOAA's environmental satellites and provide a forum to help them prepare for upcoming changes as NOAA transitions into new technologies for direct broadcasts."
September 27, 2004
NCDC has placed on line a new web page that allows online ordering of historical climate publications that were produced in the past. These publications have a limited number available and are being offered at a very much reduced price. The publications must be ordered online and will be delivered by regular mail. They were published by NCDC primarily in the 1980s and 1990s and are considered excellent reference material. The main categories currently being offered are World Weather Records, Marine Atlases, and the Historical Climate Series.
September 23, 2004
Hurricanes Frances, Ivan and Jeanne had major impacts in the United States and the Carribbean, while significant flooding occurred in parts of South Asia. For the latest information on significant weather events worldwide, see the Global Hazards and significant Events page, updated weekly.
September 16, 2004
The global land and ocean temperature was 0.76°F (0.42°C) above the 1880-2003 long-term mean for June-August, 6th warmest. August was 0.80°F (0.44°C) also 6th warmest, based on preliminary data. Using long-term data from the U.S Historical Climatology Network (USHCN) and preliminary data from the Climate Division Database, the U.S nationally averaged temperature during August was 71.0°F (21.7°C) which was 1.8°F (1.0°C) below the long-term mean, 7th coolest. For summer, the nationally averaged temperature was 71.1°F (21.7°C) which was 1.0°F (0.6°C) below the long-term mean, 16th coolest. On the national scale, severe to extreme drought continues to affect about 18 percent of the contiguous United States as of the end of August 2004.
July 16, 2004
The global land and ocean temperature was 0.85°F (0.47°C) above the 1880-2003 long-term mean for June, 6th warmest, based on preliminary data. Using long-term data from the U.S. Historical Climatology Network (USHCN) and preliminary data from the Climate Division Database, the U.S nationally averaged temperature during June was 0.5°F (0.3°C) below the long-term mean, 42nd coldest. On the national scale, severe to extreme drought affected about 20 percent of the contiguous United States as of the end of June 2004.
July 14, 2004
NOAA Integrated Surface Observing System (ISOS)
Forum/Working Group Meeting
July 20-22, 2004
The purpose of the meeting is to bring together NOAA Surface Observing System Managers (terrestrial, atmosphere, and ocean) to discuss how to begin a process of integrating NOAA surface observing systems. The Weather and Water and Climate Mission Goal Teams will develop and deliver a NOAA Integrated Surface Observing System (ISOS) Plan to be used in support of the NOAA Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution System (PPBES), Program Budget Assessment (PBA) process. The NOAA ISOS Plan will be used to develop a funding profile, part of the PPBES process.
June 29, 2004
World Weather Records is a six volume series (one volume per region; eg--Africa) that presents monthly and annual values of mean temperature, total precipitation, mean station pressure, and mean sea level pressures for thousands of stations around the world. Also included are decadel averages and 30 year normal averages for these parameters. The series is published once every 10 ten years containing the data for the previous decade. NCDC currently has back issues available for most of the volumes in the 1961-70, 1971-80 and 1981-90 series.
June 17, 2004
The global land and ocean temperature was 1.00°F (0.55°C) above the 1880-2003 long-term mean for March - May, 4th warmest. May was 0.68°F (0.38°C), 5th warmest, based on preliminary data. Using long-term data from the U.S. Historical Climatology Network (USHCN) and preliminary data from the Climate Division Database, the U.S nationally averaged temperature during March - May was 2.9°F (1.6°C) above the long-term mean, 3rd warmest. May was 1.7°F (0.9°C) above the long-term mean, 15th warmest. On the national scale, severe to extreme drought affected about 18 percent of the contiguous United States as of the end of May 2004.
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