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World Weather Attribution and Climate Central estimate climate change added about 6 mph to Hurricane Polo's winds, against about 5 mph from El Niño. The comparison covers warm water only and is not yet peer reviewed.
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Contiguous U.S. temperatures averaged 57.98 degrees F from January to August 2026, the hottest such stretch since records began in 1895, NOAA data show. Only a cooler-than-normal fall would keep 2026 from an annual record, Zeke Hausfather says.
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Copernicus logged 21.10 C on Aug. 22, one hundredth of a degree above March 2024. The timing, not the margin, is what should move planning assumptions.
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Two polar scientists agree the Aug. 29 satellite image is striking, but they disagree about what it proves. That gap matters: a single frame near the pole reflects a few days of weather, while the real trend lives in ice thickness.
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NOAA raised its below-normal odds for the 2026 Atlantic season by 20 points in August. The figure describes an ocean basin, and it says nothing about where a storm makes landfall.
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