Experimental Flood Inundation Mapping provides valuable guidance for decision-makers and public

NOAA Fisheries announced today the 2026 federal recreational red snapper fishing season in the South Atlantic and the issuance of three exempted fishing permits (EFPs) to Florida, Georgia, and South C...

NOAA has selected Tomorrow.io to provide contracting support for the Earth Prediction Innovation Center (EPIC), the backbone of NOAA’s operational weather forecast modeling suite. This contract advanc...

NOAA is expanding its procurement and use of new commercial environmental satellite data streams that will enhance weather forecasting and space weather monitoring. The Space-Based Environmental Monit...

Selection comes with up to $100 million award over five years

Today, NOAA announced priorities for advancing reforms within NOAA Fisheries to move towards regulations grounded in science that support American seafood dominance. These agency-level actions follow ...

New North Carolina facility will continue to provide world-class NOAA science nationwide

NOAA’s National Weather Service will expand the National Mesonet Program offsite link — an observational weather “network of networks” that delivers critical information required for improved weather ...

Public invited to comment on application for exploration and commercial recovery of critical mineral-rich nodules in the Pacific

Tropical Storm Bertha mixed water column, reducing size

Google Cloud supporting NWS’s gold-standard weather forecasting

Leadership from the Department of Commerce and NOAA joined partners today in celebrating the official opening of NOAA’s newest facility for marine operations, NOAA’s Charleston Port Facility. The faci...

NOAA has awarded $99,637,544.00 to JAG Ketchikan, LLC. in Ketchikan, Alaska, to complete expanded upgrades and maintenance on NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow. Following the 2027 field season, the ship will...

NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of a new pier facility following renovations at the agency’s location in North Charleston, South Caroli...

Visible blooms could impact coastal recreation by mid-July

Today, NOAA announced the allocation of $123.6 million in fishery resource disaster funding, appropriated by Congress in the American Relief Act, 2025. The funding will address fishery resource disast...

On June 11, 2026, President Trump signed an "Executive Proclamation Restoring American Commercial Fishing in the Pacific," opening additional prized fishing grounds to hard-working American fishermen ...

Prolonged period of above-average temperatures in the equatorial Pacific expected to peak this winter

NOAA’s Space weather Observations at L1 to Advance Readiness – 1 (SOLAR-1) observatory has officially entered operational service, marking a major milestone for the nation’s resilience to space weathe...

More than $13M invested in research partnerships to bolster American seafood competitiveness

NOAA will provide its 2026 Harmful Algal Bloom forecast for Lake Erie on Thursday, June 25, during a media briefing hosted by Ohio Sea Grant and The Ohio State University’s Stone Laboratory. The event...

NOAA is releasing new, higher-resolution land cover maps for coastal Alabama, Mississippi, Northeastern Ohio, Rhode Island, and the Puget Sound in Washington. The data will be made available through t...

NOAA will issue its outlook for the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season during a news conference on Thursday, May 21, at the NOAA Aircraft Operations Center in Lakeland, Florida, and virtually. Speakers wi...

This summer, NOAA Ocean Exploration will conduct an expedition on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer to map, explore and characterize deep waters off the coast of the Cook Islands. The effort is in partnershi...

NOAA has announced a $21,600,909 award for the purchase of uncrewed marine systems to be used on new charting and mapping vessels being built for the agency. This will support NOAA’s mission to delive...

NOAA will issue its outlook for the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season during a news conference on Thursday, May 21, at the NOAA Aircraft Operations Center in Lakeland, Florida, and virtually. Speakers wi...

A two-and-a-half-year-old mystery of the "golden orb," an unidentified object that captured significant public interest when it was collected during a 2023 NOAA expedition, has finally been solved. Sc...

Three cutting-edge mobile weather radars unveiled by NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) today will allow NOAA researchers to deploy research-grade technology to the front lines of tornadoes...

In early April, the NOAA Ship Rainier will begin to map and characterize more than 8,000 square nautical miles of federal waters off Kingman Reef and Palmyra Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. This project i...

Other product enhancements include Hawaii Storm Surge Watches & Warnings

Technology improvements will add mobility to the NWS throughout the U.S.

National Mesonet Program ensures seismic detection continues to operate in real time

NOAA’s National Severe Storms Laboratory has invited media to attend a ribbon cutting for three new mobile radars that will be used during the upcoming severe weather season to expand NOAA’s ability t...

February 2026 was Earth’s fifth-warmest February since records began in 1850, with a surface temperature 2.12°F (1.18°C) above the 20th-century average.

The average temperature for the contiguous U.S. in February was 40.4°F, 6.6°F above the 20th-century average, ranking second warmest in the 132-year record.

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service today announced an advance notice of proposed rulemaking requesting information that could help modernize regulations designed to reduce the risk of lethal ves...

From an injured skier in the Rockies to a disabled catamaran in the Atlantic Ocean, NOAA’s satellites were pivotal in helping rescue 300 people from life-threatening situations in the U.S. and its sur...

Reporters invited to briefing

Publication will strengthen nation’s seafood industry