Latest NCDC News 
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NCDC-led Papers Make AMS Top 10 “Most Read” List
April 22, 2013As of April 22, 2013, two NCDC-led papers rank among the American Meteorological Society’s top ten “most read” papers.
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DROUGHT: The Importance of Drought Indicators
April 19, 2013Scientists look at both quantitative indices and drought indicators to obtain a broad perspective of moisture deficiency over a region.
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Pockets of Cold in a Warming World
April 18, 2013April 18, 2013, Climate.gov released a new video starring Deke Arndt, Chief of the Climate Monitoring Branch at NCDC.
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U.S. Drought Monitor Update for April 16, 2013
April 18, 2013According to the April 16 U.S. Drought Monitor, moderate to exceptional drought covers 47.8% of the contiguous U.S.
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NCDC Releases March 2013 Global Climate Report
April 18, 2013The globally averaged temperature for March 2013 tied with 2006 as the 10th warmest March since record keeping began in 1880.
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Product Highlight: North American Climate Extremes Monitoring
April 17, 2013NCDC’s North American Climate Extremes Monitoring (NACEM) analysis tool can help improve our understanding of changing climate extremes.
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March 2013 Radically Different from March 2012
April 17, 2013Most of the Nation experienced a radically different March 2013 than they experienced in March 2012.
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NCDC’s Data Help Track the Emergence of Periodical Cicadas
April 16, 2013NCDC’s U.S. Climate Reference Network data are aiding in a citizen-science project to predict the 17-year cicadas’ emergence.
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NCDC Releases March 2013 U.S. Climate Report
April 15, 2013The average temperature for the contiguous U.S. during March was 40.8°F, 0.9°F below the twentieth-century average.
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U.S. Drought Monitor Update for April 9, 2013
April 12, 2013According to the April 9 U.S. Drought Monitor, moderate to exceptional drought covers 50.8% of the contiguous U.S.
