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NOAA satellites have been monitoring Earth’s weather and environment since 1970, which also happened to be the year the first official Earth Day took place!

NOAA satellites have been monitoring Earth’s weather and environment since 1970, which also happened to be the year the first official Earth Day took place!

NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) satellites captured striking imagery of sediment runoff due to flooding in the Mississippi River delta from April 8–13, 2025.

NOAA's JPSS Program satellites captured flooding along the Ohio River on April 7, 2025.

On April 2, 2025, NOAA’s GOES East (GOES-16) satellite captured imagery of numerous severe thunderstorms erupting across the Mississippi and Ohio river valleys.

NOAA satellites closely monitored a powerful and devastating storm system that tore through the central and eastern United States from March 14-16, 2025.

NOAA satellites closely monitored a powerful and devastating storm system that tore through the central and eastern United States from March 14-16, 2025.

From their orbits, NOAA satellites can play a vital role in detecting and tracking severe weather, providing forecasters with critical data to predict and monitor life-threatening conditions.