Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The stratospheric polar vortex in the first three weeks of March 2025. The darkest blues represent the coldest, most isolated air. Following a sudden stratospheric warming event on March 9, the coldest air was pushed off the pole toward Northern Europe. Read more about this event in our latest Polar Vortex Blog post @ climate.gov/news-features/blogs/polar-vortex
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The stratospheric polar vortex in the first three weeks of March 2025. The darkest blues represent the coldest, most isolated air. Following a sudden stratospheric warming event on March 9, the coldest air was pushed off the pole toward Northern Europe. Read more about this event in our latest Polar Vortex Blog post @ climate.gov/news-features/blogs/polar-vortex
Video produced by the Climate.gov team in cooperation with climate and Earth scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and other agencies and institutions. Any opinions voiced by people in these videos are their own; they are not official NOAA statements or opinions. Unless specifically stated otherwise, Climate.gov video productions can be freely republished or re-purposed by others.
