Tell Me Why: The Climate Extremes Index Matters @NOAAClimate

Tell Me Why: The Climate Extremes Index Matters @NOAAClimate

Uploaded April 2013 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

Deke Arndt, Chief of the National Climatic Data Center's Climate Monitoring Branch, uses a football field to explain how NOAA creates its Climate Extremes Index.

Tell Me Why: The Climate Extremes Index Matters

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Tell Me Why: The Climate Extremes Index Matters