NOAA, NASA to announce 2018 global temperature, climate conditions

Climate experts from NOAA and NASA will discuss the release of new data on the global temperatures for 2018 and the most important climate trends of the year during a media call on Wednesday, Feb. 6. NOAA will also release its 2018 climate conditions for the U.S. and update the billion-dollar weather disasters for the year.

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.

WHAT 
NOAA, NASA media teleconference call to discuss 2018 global and U.S. climate trends, including an update to the billion-dollar weather disasters.

WHEN
Wednesday, Feb. 6, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time (U.S.)

WHO

• Deke Arndt, chief of the monitoring section at NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information

• Gavin Schmidt, director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies

HOW

• Media can participate in the teleconference by calling 877-918-6316 (toll-free in the U.S. and Canada) or 1-312-470-7398 (International) and use the passcode "CLIMATE"

• NOAA and NASA will post the following materials 30 minutes before the start of the call:

  • Summary slides

  • NOAA global report offsite link

  • NOAA U.S. report & billion-dollar weather disaster update

  • NASA release 

• Audio of the briefing, as well as supporting graphics, will stream live at: https://www.nasa.gov/live