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2004
10/21/04 - NOAA United States Winter Outlook Update
10/14/04 - NOAA Reports Hurricanes Caused Record Wetness In East; Contrasts With Dryness In Mississippi Valley, Early Snow In Alaska
10/7/04 - Record Number Of Tornadoes Reported In U.S. During September
10/6/04 - NOAA U.S. Winter Outlook
9/22/04 - NOAA Reports Cool Summer, Seventh Coldest August On Record Across The Lower 48 States; Record Number Of Named Atlantic Tropical Cyclones For August
9/10/04 - NOAA Announces the Return of El Niño
8/24/04 - NOAA’s New Global Climate Forecast System Increases Confidence That Weak El Niño Conditions Are Developing
8/10/04 - An Active 2004 Atlantic Hurricane Season Likely
7/26/04 - Largest Air Quality, Climate Study Offers New Insights On Complex Questions
7/20/04 - NOAA Reports Record Wet June For Parts Of The South, Record Warmth In Alaska
6/28/04 - Largest Air Quality And Climate Study Starts In New England; Federal and University Partners Launch International Experiment
6/25/04 - NOAA Announces New International Monsoon Research Program
6/18/04 - NOAA Reports Third Warmest Spring On Record For U.S. ; Dryness Re-emerges for Southeastern states, Global Temperatures Remain High
5/28/04 - NOAA Serves The Nation By Improving The Understanding Of Climate Change
5/28/04 - NOAA National Weather Service and EPA Adopt New Global Ultraviolet Index Guidelines Guidance Helps Reduce Overexposure To Dangerous UV Rays
5/26/04 - NOAA Updates Seasonal Forecast
5/18/04 - NOAA Expects Near Average Central Pacific Hurricane Season; Hawaii Observes Hurricane Preparedness Week: “Be Aware, Be Prepared”
5/17/04 - Above-Normal 2004 Atlantic Hurricane Season Predicted
5/10/04 - High Fire Danger In The West
4/22/04 - Drought Moves Into U.S. Southeast
4/12/04 - NOAA Researcher Says Saharan Air Layer Connected To Atlantic Hurricane Suppression And Intensity Change
4/12/04 - Nighttime Chemistry Affects Ozone Formation, Say NOAA Scientists And Colleagues
3/19/04 - NOAA Issues 2004 U.S. Spring Outlook; Drought Concerns Continue In Parts Of The West, Lowered Risk Of Flooding Across Country
3/18/04 - NOAA Reports Colder-Than-Average Winter In Eastern U.S.; Above Average Precipitation Improves Drought Conditions In Parts Of West
2/17/04 - NOAA Reports Northeastern U.S. Colder-Than-Average In January; Rest Of Country Closer To Normal Temperatures
1/13/04 - New Climate Monitoring Network Now Operational
2003
12/18/03 - NOAA Issues USA Winter Weather Update
12/16/03 - NOAA Reports 2003 Was Marked By Contrasting Conditions Across The U.S. While Global Temperatures Remain High
12/1/03 - NOAA Reports Above-Normal Atlantic Hurricane Season
11/20/03 - NOAA Issues Winter Outlook Update;
Winter Weather Still Promising Much Variability
11/17/03 - NOAA Reports Record Warmth In The West, Cooler Than Average In Parts Of The East In October; Europe Cooler Than Average In Contrast To Much Of Globe
11/6/03 - A Weak El Niño May Be Present By The End Of The Month
10/17/03 - NOAA Reports Near Average September In U.S. While Global Temperature Is The Warmest
10/16/03 - NOAA Issues 2003-04 Winter Outlook For The Nation
10/7/03 - 2003 Antarctic Ozone 'Hole' Near Record Size; Cold Temperatures Play Major Role
9/30/03 - NOAA Gets U.S. Consensus For El Niño/LA Niña Index, Definitions
8/27/03 - New Study Shows Ozone-Depleting Bromine Now On Decline
8/14/03 - NOAA Reports July Cooler, Wetter Than Average In The East, Hot In The West
8/7/03 - No La Niña Brings Challenge To Forecasters
8/7/03 - NOAA Forecasters Reiterate Above-Normal Atlantic Hurricane Season
8/4/03 - May-June-July Storms Set Rainfall Records In Southeast U.S.
7/16/03 - June Wetter and Cooler than Average in Much of Nation; Drought Persists in West
7/11/03 - La Niña Plays Possum
6/24/03 - As Spring Fades, NOAA Offers Outlook for Summer
6/13/03 - NOAA National Weather Service Says La Niña Conditions Continue to Develop
6/12/03 - NOAA Issues First Experimental Eastern Pacific Hurricane Outlook; Below Average Eastern Pacific Hurricane Season Expected
5/19/03 - NOAA Expects Near Average Central Pacific Hurricane Season; Hawaii Observes Hurricane Awareness Week
5/19/03 - Adios A El Niño, Hola A La Niña
5/19/03 - NOAA Forecasters Say Six To Nine Hurricanes Could Threaten In 2003
NOAA and FEMA Stress Preparedness for Residents in Hurricane Prone Areas
5/15/03 - NOAA Reports Drought Conditions Improving In Parts Of U.S. With Wetter-Than-Average February-April
3/20/03 - NOAA Says El Niño’s Departure Leaves Some Western Drought This Spring, and Flooding In The South and East Possible
3/20/03 - U.S. Winter Unusually Cold In The East, Warm In The West; December-February Global Average Surface Temperature 6th Warmest in Recorded History
2/21/03 - Winter Conditions In The U.S.—
Unusual Warmth In The West, Cold In The East
January Global Average Temperature Third Warmest on Record
2/11/03 - Drought Conditions Intensify In Some Western States With Little Chance Of Major Relief
2/11/03 - Climate And Rural Poverty Connected, NOAA Announces
2/11/03 - El Niño Influence Not Over For Southern California; Rains May Yet Provide Some Drought Relief
2/6/03 - EL Niño Effects Expected To Linger Into Spring
1/31/03 - NOAA Scientists Attribute Recent Droughts To Ocean Influence
1/23/03 - North Atlantic - Asian Monsoons Influence Each Other's Patterns, NOAA Reports
1/21/03 - Western Drought, Outlook Prompt Forecasters’ Concerns
1/9/03 - Mature El Niño Conditions In Place, NOAA Forecasters Report
2002
1/9/03 - Mature El Niño Conditions In Place, NOAA Forecasters Report
12/17/02 - NOAA Reports 2002 Was Marked By Widespread Drought In The U.S., Return Of El Niño, And Warm Global Temperature
12/12/02 - NOAA Says El Niño To Influence U.S. Weather
12/3/02 - Strategy For Climate Change Research Defined At Science Workshop
11/14/02 - OCTOBER 2002: Cooler And Wetter Than Normal Throughout Much Of The Nation; Weather Patterns Help To Reduce Drought
11/07/02 - El Niño On Track To Influence U.S. Winter, NOAA Reports; Forecasters Monitor Warming Ocean Temperatures
10/31/02 - El Niño Expected To Influence Central U.S. Winter Weather
10/10/02 - El Niño On Track To Influence U.S. Winter; Prepare For El Niño’s Drier And Warmer Winter, NOAA Experts Tell Northwest Officials
9/30/02 - Unusually Small Antarctic Ozone Hole This Year Attributed To Exceptionally Strong Stratospheric Weather, NOAA and NASA Report
9/13/02 - 2002 Summer Hot, Dry Across Much Of United States; Upper Mid-West Experiences Wetter-Than-Average Summer
9/12/02 - El Niño To Play Role In Nation’s Fall, Winter Weather, NOAA Reports
8/14/02 - Drought Affects Half Of The Contiguous States; Temperatures Much Warmer Than 100-Year Average In July
8/8/02 - El Niño Expected To Impact Atlantic Hurricane Season, NOAA Reports
7/19/02 - Drought Developing In Northeast, South May See Improvement
7/17/02 - More Than A Third Of The Contigous States In Drought; U.S. And Global Temperatures Warmer Than 100-Year Average In June
6/20/02 - Global Surface Temperatures Much Warmer Than Average; Drought Severity Worsens In The West
6/13/02 - Drought Worsens In West, Eases In East; NOAA Issues Outlook For Summer; Unveils New Fire Detector on NOAA Satellite
6/6/02 - Conditions Fuel El Niño Development
5/29/02 - Recent Rainfall Eases Drought In East
5/20/02 - Hurricane Forecasters Say 6 TO 8 Hurricanes Could Threaten In 2002
NOAA Expects Normal to Slightly Above Normal Atlantic Storm Activity
5/16/02 - Warm Temperatures and Severe Drought Continued In April Throughout Parts of United States; Global Temperature For April Second Warmest On Record
5/9/02 - El Niño Expected To Develop By Year's End
5/7/02 - NOAA Reports Drought Monitoring To Include All Of North America
4/12/02 - U.S. Experiences First Cooler-Than-Average Month Since March 2001; Global Temperature For March Warmest On Record
4/11/02 - NOAA Reports U.S. Could Soon Feel Impacts Of El Niño
3/14/02 - Record Warm Winter In Much Of Midwest and Northeast; Drought Worsens Along Eastern Seaboard, NOAA Reports
3/7/02 - E Niño Continues To Develop
2/21/02 - November 2001 - January 2002 Warmest On Record In U.S.; Global Temperatures Warmest On Record In January
2/20/02 - Dryness Intensifies On The East Coast
2/6/02 - Ocean Currents Slow, Causing Warmer Ocean and Less CO2 Input To Atmosphere, Say NOAA Scientists
2/5/02 - NOAA Predicts Sea Surface Temperatures Will Rise In Eastern Tropical Pacific
Forecasters' Confidence Increases That El Niño Will Develop
1/28/02 - River Flood Potential Below Normal For Winter and Early Spring Throughout Eastern United States
1/10/02 - Is El Niño Coming Back?
2001
12/17/01 - 2001 In Review Marks Warmer Temperatures, Active Hurricane Season
12/6/01 - NOAA Places Interactive Snowfall Maps and Data Online
11/21/01 - October 2001 Global Temperature Warmest on Record, U.S. Temperature Slightly Above Average
11/16/01 - NOAA Forecasters See Hope In Latest Drought Outlook
11/15/01 - U.S. Still On Track For Another Cool Winter
11/1/01 - NOAA'S National Weather Service Rolls Out New Wind Chill Temperature Index
10/18/01 - NOAA Reports U.S. To Face Another Cool Winter
10/16/01 - NOAA, NASA Report 2001 Ozone Hole Similar In Size To Holes Of Past Three Years
10/12/01 - NOAA'S National Climatic Data Center Celebrates 50 Years Of Service
10/1/01 - NOAA's Satellites Reveal Drought Conditions In 20 Percent Of The World
9/26/01 - Summer 2001 Fifth Warmest On Record For U.S.; Conditions Dry In The Northwest, Wet In Southern Gulf
9/18/01 - NOAA And NASA Keeping Close Watch On Ozone Hole Over Antarctica
9/17/01 - NOAA Issues Fall 2001 Outlook
9/7/01 - Why No Hurricanes?
9/7/01 - NOAA Sets The El Niño Prediction Straight
9/6/01 - NOAA Updates What Defines Normal Temperature
9/4/01 - 100 Scientists Join NOAA / NSF Led Climate Study Cruise
Team uses ships, planes and radio controlled aircraft to gather data
8/9/01 - NOAA Ups Hurricane Forecast A Notch As Peak Season Begins
7/19/01 - NOAA Scientists Say Active Hurricane Era Will Continue
7/13/01 - USA Drought: Some Relief Predicted For a Few States
6/28/01 - NOAA'S National Weather Service Tests New Heat Warning System in New Orleans
6/15/01 - Remnants Of Allison End Short-Term Drought in South; Snow and Rain in the Northwest Ease Dryness
6/12/01 - NOAA Calculates Amount of Rainfall Needed to End Droughts Around the Country
5/17/01 - Summer 2001 Outlook Shows Little Relief For Drought, More Rain For Midwest
4/9/01 - Coastal Waters Warm, But La Niña Still Lingers
4/4/01 - NOAA Scientists Link Atlantic Ocean Temperatures To South Florida Long-Term Flood/Drought Cycles
3/14/01 - Winter 2001: Cooler Than Normal Winter In Much Of The U.S.; Warmest Winter On Record In Alaska; Extremely Dry Conditions In Much of The Southeast And Northwest
3/12/01 - National Weather Service Releases Service Assessment Report For Northwest Wildfires of 2000
3/1/01 - Texas Drought Extreme For Past 15 Years, NOAA Reports
2/8/01 - Scientists Discover New Keys To Arctic Ozone Loss
2/1/01 - Severe Drought Conditions/Fire Danger Likely To Persist Throughout Central Florida
1/25/01 - NOAA'S National Weather Service Sees The Return of La Niña Not Likely To Last
1/19/01 - Report Examines Impacts of Climate Change on Coastal Areas and Marine Resources
1/10/01 - Chance of Northeast Flooding Highest In Three Years; Threat of Ice Jams and Rapid Snow Melt Loom Over Northeast River Basins
1/5/01 - Record Cold Grips Much of The Nation In November And December: Two-Month Period Is The Coldest On Record In The United States
2000
12/19/00 - Ups And Downs Mark Year In Weather For 2000, NOAA Says; Forecasters Update Winter 2000-01 Outlook
12/18/00 - 2000 IN REVIEW: The Year Began With Record Warmth In The U.S. And Ends With Colder Than Normal Temperatures Across Much Of The Country Annual U.S. and Global Temperatures Remain Well above Average
12/8/00 - Rockies Brace For Arctic Cold, But California Likely To Be Spared
11/30/00 - Above-Average 2000 Atlantic Hurricane Season Continues Recent Upturn In Activity; U.S. Spared Extensive Hurricane Damage
11/21/00 - Patterns of Global Climate Change Over Recent Centuries Reported By NOAA and University Scientists
11/13/00 - October Temperatures Above Normal In Much of U.S., NOAA Reports; January Through October Warmest On Record
11/9/00 - Record-Breaking November Rainfall Welcomed In North Texas
10/12/00 - NOAA Issues Nation's Official Winter Outlook
10/5/00 - Ozone Hole Earlier In 2000 But Not Deeper
9/22/00 - Extreme Weather Events to Continue and Likely Increase; Effects on Society More Intense
9/21/00 - NOAA Recaps Summer of 2000, Says La Niña Influence Gone; Autumn Expected to Bring Continued Warmth For Portions of the U.S.
9/19/00 - Commerce Secretary Mineta Announces Launch of New Vital Global Climate Prediction Project
9/13/00 - SUMMER 2000: Warmer and Drier Than Normal, NOAA Reports; January Through August Warmest on Record in the U.S.
9/6/00 - NOAA Launches New Web Site on Ancient Droughts
9/6/00 - Phenomenal Record Drought and Heat Wave Continues To Grip North Texas
8/30/00 - North Texas Sets New Drought Record
8/29/00 - North Atlantic Climate Swing Seen in NOAA Computer Model
8/28/00 - Record Drought Continues in North Texas, NOAA Reports"
8/17/00 - July Temperatures Cooler in Much of U.S., NOAA Reports, But Hot Temperatures and Drought Persist in the South and West; January Through July Warmest on Record
8/10/00 - 2000 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook Still "Above Average"
8/8/00 - High Temperatures, Dry Conditions Make Fire Season 2000 The Worst In 50 Years
7/28/00 - Tropical Waters In Northern Hemisphere Heating At An Accelerated Rate, NOAA Reports
7/14/00 - NOAA'S Updated Summer Forecast - Still Hot
7/14/00 - June Warmer Than Normal, But Not Record-Breaking; Year-to-Date is Warmest on Record, NOAA Reports
6/28/00 - New Climate Station at North Carolina Arboretum Unveiled
6/21/00 - U. S. Summer Forecast - Hot
5/19/00 - U.S. Has Its Warmest January-April On Record, NOAA Reports
5/16/00 - Latest Drought Forecast Brings Mix Of Good and Bad As Government Issues Drought Commission Report
5/10/00 - 2000 Atlantic Hurricane Season Expected to be Above Average
4/19/00 - Much of the United States Likely to See Warmer Than Normal Temperatures
4/18/00 - Record Warmth from January to March 2000
3/13/00 - Drought Grips Nearly Half of U.S.
3/10/00 - U.S. Has Its Warmest Winter on Record
1/20/00 - Dangerous Winter Storm Hits East Coast
1/12/00 - NOAA Unveils Climate Initiative
1999
12/19/99 - Century's Top Weather, Water and Climate Events
12/13/99 - 1999: U.S. Experiences Second Warmest Year on Record
11/17/99 - Greenhouse Warming May Dry Out Amercian's Bread Basket
10/26/99 - 1999-2000 Winter Outlook
9/22/99 - Summer Wraps Up Drier and Warmer Than Normal in U.S.
8/10/99 - NOAA Confirms Busy Hurricane Season for 1999
6/8/99 - Mid-Atlantic Reels from Drought: NOAA Says Short-term Relief in Sight
5/27/99 - Busy Atlantic Hurricane Season Ahead
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