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zacklabe.com Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 5d
Happy September equinox 2026! Enjoy your week! 🌞

Understanding seasons - graphic shows the incoming solar radiation around the two equinoxes (sun passes over the equator)...

Download this visualization at zacklabe.com/arctic-clima...
September 22, 2026 at 12:13 PM
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September 27, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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zacklabe.com Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · Jun 21
Status of the most recent monthly-averaged greenhouse gases including carbon dioxide (record high), methane, and nitrous oxide (record high).

Observational data provided by gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/
Graphic shows three line graph time series of monthly carbon dioxide abundance in ppm (blue line), monthly methane abundance in ppb (red line), and monthly nitrous oxide in ppb (purple line). Graphs are all shown from January 1984 through February 2026/May 2026. Current levels of CO2 are 432 ppm. Current levels of methane are 1940 ppb. Current levels of nitrous oxide are 340 ppb. All graphs show long-term increasing trends along with some interannual variability and seasonality.
June 21, 2026 at 11:02 AM
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zacklabe.com Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · Jul 6
El Niño continues to grow, with sea surface temperatures clearly at record high levels for the time of year... 📈

Sign up for our next monthly briefing to learn more, including Q/A: climatecentral-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi.... We'll also have an update on 2026's U.S. billion-dollar disasters so far.
Line graph time series of daily Nino 3.4 sea surface temperatures from 1982 to 2026. This year is currently a record high for this time of year. Data is from NOAA OISSTv2.1, and the graphic is created by Climate Central.
July 6, 2026 at 12:08 PM
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zacklabe.com Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · May 24
I swear I really do listen to all of your comments (good & bad), and this new blog features a data viz that has been requested by many of you.

In my latest entry, I share an animation of temperature departures by latitude for every month from 1950 to 2025. Check it out! zacklabe.com/climate-viz-...
Screenshot of the a data visualization video for zonal mean temperature anomalies on my climate viz of the month blog page at https://zacklabe.com/climate-viz-of-the-month/.
May 24, 2026 at 1:38 PM
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#NOAA global temperatures 2026 Jan-Aug

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zacklabe.com Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 8d
The average global temperature so far this year (for the January-August period) is now up to the 2nd warmest on record since the start of this dataset...

This data is using NOAAGlobalTempv6.1.0: www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...
Line graph time series of global land mean surface temperature anomalies for each January-August period from 1850 through 2026. There is a long-term increasing trend and large year-to-year variability. The mean surface temperature anomaly averaged for January-August 2026 was 1.16°C for global land areas. Anomalies are computed relative to a 1901-2000 climate baseline. Data from NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI NOAAGlobalTemp v6.1.0.
September 19, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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zacklabe.com Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · Jun 21
Status of the most recent monthly-averaged greenhouse gases including carbon dioxide (record high), methane, and nitrous oxide (record high).

Observational data provided by gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/
Graphic shows three line graph time series of monthly carbon dioxide abundance in ppm (blue line), monthly methane abundance in ppb (red line), and monthly nitrous oxide in ppb (purple line). Graphs are all shown from January 1984 through February 2026/May 2026. Current levels of CO2 are 432 ppm. Current levels of methane are 1940 ppb. Current levels of nitrous oxide are 340 ppb. All graphs show long-term increasing trends along with some interannual variability and seasonality.
June 21, 2026 at 11:05 AM
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Courtesy of @ZackLabe , an update on GHG ..all trending 🆙 as you know

michael mann commented the post, stating " I remain cautiously optimistic" + " #NetZero is on way"

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January 27, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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zacklabe.com Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · Aug 28
How are our glaciers around the world doing? 😢

Graphic from zacklabe.com/climate-chan...
Line graph time series of cumulative glacier mass balance relative to 1970 for the period of 1950 to 2025. There is a long-term decreasing trend through the entire time series. Data from https://wgms.ch/global-glacier-state/.
August 29, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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zacklabe.com Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · Feb 28
The daily global mean sea surface temperature is beginning to rise once again toward more anomalous value... will be keeping an eye on how this evolves in the coming months as La Niña quickly fades. 🌊

Graphic from zacklabe.com/climate-chan...
Graph showing daily global mean sea surface temperatures for 2026. This is also compared to the daily data from the 1981-2010 average and 1991-2020 average. Annotations are also shown to the current year with the other years from 1940 to 2026. There is a seasonal cycle. There is a long-term warming trend. 2023 and 2024 are also indicated, which were the warmest years on record. Data is from ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis and updated through 25 February 2026.
February 28, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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You wanted a graph for a change that's going down?
There you go :(
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zacklabe.com Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · Mar 28
🚨 My graphic showing cumulative change in the mass of reference glaciers around the world has now been updated with 2025's data. We are rapidly losing ice.

Graphic available at: zacklabe.com/climate-chan.... More info: wgms.ch/global-glaci...
Line graph time series of cumulative glacier mass balance relative to 1970 for the period of 1950 to 2025. There is a long-term decreasing trend through the entire time series.
March 28, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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zacklabe.com Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · Jun 9
Sea surface temperatures are already surging to record high levels for this time of year in key El Niño monitoring areas.

➡️ Sign up for our next monthly state of the climate webinar to learn more: climatecentral-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi.... We'll also be talking about the hurricane season outlook.
Line graph time series of daily Nino 3.4 sea surface temperatures from 1982 to 2026. This year is currently a record high for this time of year. Data is from NOAA OISSTv2.1, and the graphic is created by Climate Central.
June 9, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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zacklabe.com Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · Aug 1
A data-driven picture of our rapidly changing planet - updated through June 2026...

Download the graphic at zacklabe.com/climate-chan...
Heat map-style graphic showing monthly mean global surface air temperature anomalies from January 1850 to June 2026. There is a long-term warming trend evident in each month. Blue shading is shown for colder months, and red shading is shown for warmer months. Annotations are shown for the year of each warmest respective month. All of these records have occurred within the 2023 to 2025 period in this dataset. Anomalies here are calculated relative to a 1850-1900 baseline. Data is from NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI NOAAGlobalTemp 6.1.0.
August 1, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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#SST #Arctic July 2026

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zacklabe.com Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · Aug 6
Sea surface temperatures are way above average in parts of the #Arctic as of last month, particularly in the Kara Sea Basin extending to around Svalbard and the Greenland Sea. This is also found in the Hudson Bay due to their very early sea ice melt-out.

Data from @noaa.gov OISSTv2.1 🌊
Polar stereographic map showing sea surface temperature anomalies in July 2026 relative to 1982 to 2010. Most areas are warmer than average. Sea-ice cover is also shown if sea-ice concentration is at least 15% per each grid point. Red is shown for warmer sea surface temperatures, and blue is shown for colder sea surface temperatures. Data is from OISSTv2.1.
August 6, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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zacklabe.com Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · Apr 19
Compare different regions! These graphics look at the varying seasonality and trends in the magnitude of monthly temperature anomalies since 1940 for the Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, Arctic, and Antarctic...

Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds...
Line graph time series of monthly mean surface temperature anomalies for the Northern Hemisphere region only. Every month is shown from 1940 to 2026. There is a long-term warming trend in all months of the year. Line graph time series of monthly mean surface temperature anomalies for the Southern Hemisphere region only. Every month is shown from 1940 to 2026. There is a long-term warming trend in all months of the year. Line graph time series of monthly mean surface temperature anomalies for the Arctic region only. Every month is shown from 1940 to 2026. There is a long-term warming trend in all months of the year and a strong seasonality. Line graph time series of monthly mean surface temperature anomalies for the Antarctic region only. Every month is shown from 1940 to 2024. There is a long-term warming trend in all months of the year, but less obvious than the other regions.
April 19, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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zacklabe.com Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · Jun 18
Check out the last 100 years of May sea surface temperature departures in the new ERSSTv6 dataset (up through 2026). 🌊

Learn more about this upgrade in doi.org/10.1175/JCLI... and doi.org/10.1175/JCLI...
June 18, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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zacklabe.com Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · Jul 4
🚨 Well that's that. The Barents Sea had its earliest melt-out of #Arctic sea ice on record this summer!

ICYMI: I wrote up a blog on this extreme event: zacklabe.com/climate-viz-.... This is already one of the fastest changing climates in the world.
Line graph time series of 2026's daily Arctic sea ice extent compared to each year from 1979 to 2025 as shown with thin lines in colors from purple to white. There is large daily variability, but a long-term decreasing trend during all months of the year. A seasonal cycle is also visible in this region.
July 4, 2026 at 2:14 PM
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April warming trend over 100 years

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zacklabe.com Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · May 11
There's still a lot of year-to-year variability in patterns of ocean sea surface temperatures, but there's something else clearly happening... Watch the human-caused warming trend evolve over the last 100 years during the month of April (including to 2026).

Data from psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded... 🌊
May 11, 2026 at 8:52 AM
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#PacificOcean temperature update April 2026

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zacklabe.com Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · May 9
Record high ocean temperatures continued across the North Pacific in April 2026 relative to the entire rest of the historical record for the month.

This graph shows the average for a band across the midlatitudes for every March from 1854-2026 using
NOAA ERSSTv5 data (psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded...).
Green line graph time series of average sea surface temperature anomalies for each April from 1854 through 2026 for only the midlatitude region of the North Pacific Ocean. There is large interannual variability, but an overall long-term increasing trend. Anomalies are computed relative to a 1981-2010 baseline. 2026 is a record high.
May 9, 2026 at 4:09 PM
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#Arctic update April 2026

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May 9, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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zacklabe.com Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 28d
Temperature anomalies averaged over the last month (left), 3 months (center), and 12 months (right) across the Southern Hemisphere...

Data from @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social ERA5 reanalysis.
Three orthographic maps showing 2-m air temperature anomalies in July 2026, May 2026 to July 2026, and August 2025 to July 2026 in the Southern Hemisphere while looking downward at the South Pole. Blue shading is shown for colder anomalies, and red shading is shown for warmer anomalies. The mean surface temperature anomaly for each region and period is also shown in the upper left of each map. Anomalies are computed relative to 1981-2010.
August 29, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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zacklabe.com Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · Aug 18
Long-term trends in Arctic sea-ice concentration are much more widespread in August (and September) than during other months. The largest declines are in parts of the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas.

Sea ice concentration = fraction of ice-cover. More info at doi.org/10.1175/BAMS...
Polar stereographic map showing Arctic sea ice concentration trends for Augusts from 1979 to 2025. Red shading is shown for deceasing sea ice, and blue shading is shown for increasing sea ice. Trends are calculated in % per decade. All areas are observing decreasing sea ice in the outer edges of the Arctic Ocean.
August 18, 2026 at 5:31 PM