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![This Year’s Vernal Equinox Is the Earliest in 124 Years](/s3/migrated/20200319-vernalequinox.jpg)
This year, the vernal equinox occurs on March 19, 2020. The last time it occurred this early was in 1896.
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![NOAA is updating its Climate Normals. An expert explains why it matters.](/s3/2021-06/Mike%20Palecki%20project%20manager%20for%20NOAA%27s%20Climate%20Normals_March%201%202021.png)
Climatologists from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) compile the nation's climate "…
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![GOES-13 Turns 10](/s3/migrated/goes_13_new_big.jpg)
GOES-13 has served in the GOES East position since April 2010. Ten years ago today, on May 24, 2006, GOES-13 was launched…
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While experts continue addressing an issue with the cooling system of GOES-17’s Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI), they have…
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![Suomi NPP Keeps an Eye on Hazardous River Ice and Floods](/s3/migrated/suomi_npp_google_earth.gif)
As part of the River Ice and Flooding Initiative, NOAA scientists with the Joint Polar Satellite System are working with…
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![NOAA-20 Watches Sandstorm Blow Over Canary Islands](/s3/migrated/20200224CanaryIslandDust2.png)
NOAA-20 satellite zoomed in on a strong sandstorm that began blowing large amounts of reddish dust from the Sahara Desert.
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![Climate-Ready Nations: NOAA Partners With its Neighbor to the North](/s3/2023-10/1698158578310-13f3e941-fee1-45f2-a20a-a1dc3bebe9ff_1_0.jpg)
In September 2023, NOAA NCEI and ECCC published its first Prairies and High Plains Climate Bulletin.
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![Earth from Orbit: Kona Low Slams Hawaii](/s3/2021-12/2021_12_10_KonaLowSlamsHawaii_STILL_NO_TEXT.png)
This week, NOAA satellites monitored a large “kona low” storm system that on Saturday began drenching Hawaii with heavy…
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![How Many New Year’s Eves Will NOAA’s Satellites Celebrate?](/s3/migrated/new__year_2018.png)
Every year at midnight on December 31st, the mathematical and mysterious converge as we witness a new year begin! It’s a…
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![One Step Closer to 24/7 Operations: GOES-17 “Beta” Data Set for Release to Science and Forecasting Community](/s3/2021-08/GOES17_ABI_B12345678910111213141516_2018210_180239_16PANELS_0.gif)
This week, NOAA will begin releasing GOES-17 Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) “beta” level data and imagery.
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![NOAA Shares First Infrared Imagery from GOES-17 Satellite](/s3/2021-08/GOES17_ABI_B12345678910111213141516_2018210_180239_16PANELS_0.gif)
This new imagery shows data are currently available from all 16 ABI channels.
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![NOAA Satellite Images Show Major Flooding Along Rivers in the Southeast U.S.](/s3/migrated/Flood_N20_022419_1830Z_labels.png)
The severe storms that brought tornadoes, damaging winds, rain, and hail to the Southeast over the weekend, leaving tens…
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Satellites are a valuable tool for monitoring Earth’s oceans, which cover more than 70 percent of our planet. This…
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![Marine Heat Wave Reminiscent of 'the Blob' Lingers off U.S. West Coast](/s3/migrated/SSTA201901-09b-1.gif)
The new marine heat wave off the Pacific Coast is reminiscent of the early stages of the 2014–2016 “blob” that devastated…
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![The Top Satellite Images from 2022](/s3/2022-12/GOES_JPSS_Rendering_2022.png)
NOAA satellites see our planet from a unique and captivating perspective. Every year, our satellites see the beauty and…