According to the latest NOAA data, 2025 was Earth’s third-warmest year since records began in 1850. Global average temperatures in 2025 were 1.3°C (2.4°F) above pre-industrial (1850-1900) levels.

Using Climate Central’s Climate Shift Index (CSI) tool to measure the impact of climate change on daily temperatures across the United States, as well as NOAA’s Applied Climate Information System ...

The U.S. has had a fairly chilly December so far, but things are heating up for the holidays. Christmas is expected to be exceptionally warm across a majority of the United States, particularly the ...

Climate Central created Climate Change: Key Facts, a free slide deck available in English and Spanish, using our library of Climate Matters content — all of which is reviewed by staff scientists in ...

Read the full report: Running Out of Cool Days: How climate change is decreasing the odds of optimal marathon conditions Researchers have found there is a “sweet spot” for marathon temperatures where ...

This joint report from Climate Central and World Weather Attribution conducts a global analysis of how extreme heat has changed since the signing of the 2015 Paris Agreement and how current pledges to ...

Twenty years ago this week, Hurricane Katrina became one of the worst disasters in U.S. history. Marking the 20-year anniversary, Climate Central used the Climate Shift Index: Ocean and Climate Shift ...

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This Climate Matters analysis is based on open-access data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). See Methodology for details. More frequent and intense extreme heat — the ...

The entire planet is warming due to human-caused climate change, but the built environment further amplifies both average temperatures and extreme heat in cities. According to the U.S. Environmental ...

Read the full report: Climate change increasing pregnancy risks around the world due to extreme heat (2020-2024) Download the data: For 247 countries, territories, and dependencies and 940 cities ...

Click the downloadable graphic: States at Risk from Coastal Floods In the U.S., coastal floods now happen three times more often than they did 30 years ago — and the frequency and intensity of coastal ...