NOAA, NASA to announce 2021 global temperature, climate conditions

Climate experts from NOAA and NASA will provide the updated analysis of the global temperatures for 2021 and the most important climate trends of the year during a media teleconference on Thursday, January 13, 2022. Topics will include a recap and ranking of 2021 from both NOAA and NASA, the significant global weather and climate events from last year, and a review of the ocean heat content and Arctic sea ice from 2021. Immediately after the briefing, NOAA and NASA experts will be available for questions from the media.

WHEN

Thursday, January 13, 11:00 a.m. - Noon ET (USA)

WHO

• Russell Vose, chief of climate monitoring, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
• Gavin Schmidt, director, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies

WHAT

• Conference Call (slides will accompany call, see below)
• Presentations
• Questions and Answers

HOW

1. Dial into the teleconference call:

• 800-369-1910 U.S./Canada (toll-free)
• 1-312-470-7405 International (toll)
• Verbal passcode: CLIMATE

2. Slides for this presentation will be available for download approximately 30 minutes before the teleconference at: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/briefings

NASA will also provide a stream of the media telecon audio here: https://www.nasa.gov/nasalive. 

NOAA and NASA collect and analyze the world's temperature data and independently produce a record of Earth's surface temperatures, as well as changes based on historical observations. Consistency between the two independent analyses, and analyses produced by other countries, increases confidence in the accuracy and assessment of the data and resulting conclusions. These analyses provide government and business leaders with critical decision-making information.

RESOURCES FOR MEDIA

NOAA 2021 U.S. climate report & U.S. billion-dollar weather disaster update:  https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/national-climate-202112

NASA press release on 2021 temperature analysis: https://www.nasa.gov/earth