NOAA, NASA to announce 2019 global temperature, climate conditions

Climate experts from NOAA and NASA will release new data on the global temperatures for 2019 and the most important climate trends of the year during a media briefing on Wednesday, January 15, at the American Meteorological Society's (AMS) annual meeting in Boston offsite link and through a news teleconference. 

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 those 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.

Immediately after the briefing, NOAA and NASA experts will be available for interviews at the AMS meeting.

WHAT

A NOAA-NASA joint media briefing to discuss 2019 global climate trends, including availability for questions regarding the 2019 U.S. climate trends and billion-dollar weather disasters.

WHEN

Wednesday, January 15, 12:15 - 1:15 p.m. ET (USA)

WHO

• Deke Arndt offsite link, chief of climate monitoring, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
• Gavin Schmidt, director, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies

WHERE AND HOW

Media can participate in person at the AMS annual meeting in Room 254A or via teleconference at:

• 800-369-2090 U.S./Canada (toll-free)

• 1-203-827-7030 International (toll)

• Verbal passcode: "CLIMATE”

View slides at http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/briefings (available approximately 30 minutes before teleconference).

MEDIA RESOURCES

• NOAA 2019 U.S. climate report and billion-dollar weather disaster update: https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/national-climate-201912
• NASA news release on 2019 temperature analysis: https://www.nasa.gov/earth
• NASA TV archived video of news conference: Part 1 offsite link and Part 2 offsite link