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Climate Facts: Image Library

Atmosphere	Oceans
Diseases	Plants, Animals and Agriculture
Extreme Weather	Precipitation
Ice	Seasonal Patterns
Interannual Climate Variability

Atmosphere

Frequency of Stagnant Air Conditions During Heat Waves

United States Global Change Research Program

Diseases

Dots Indicate Reported Cases of Lyme Disesase

Center for Disease Control

Extreme Weather

Trends in End of Summer Drought Frequency

United States Global Change Research Program

Number of Days Per Year when the Temperature in Phoenix, Arizona exceeds 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

United States Global Change Research Program

United States Record Daily Highs vs. Record Daily Lows

Departure from 1:1 Ration fro Daily Record Highs to Daily Record Lows by Decade.

Image Courtesy of The Weather Channel, created with data from NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center. Note: This image is available for redistribution and on-air use provided The Weather Channel and NOAA logos remain in the image.

Ice

	Shrinking of September Arctic Sea Ice Extent United States Global Change Research Program
	Antarctica’s Sub-glacial Lake System Zina Deretsky / National Science Foundation
	An Illustration of Lake Vostok, Antarctica’s Largest Lake Nicolle Rager-Fuller/ National Science Foundation
	Changes in FSS duration over the Northern Hemisphere. Image Courtesy of the American Meteorological Society. Source: Choi, G et al. “Changing Northern Hemisphere Snow Season.” Journal of Climate 23 (2010): 5305-5310.

Interannual Climate Variability

	ENSO’s Affect on the Jet Stream and Winter Weather in the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
	Tropical Pacific Circulation During Neutral ENSO Phases National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
	Tropical Pacific Circulation During El Niño Events National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
	Tropical Pacific Circulation During La NiÃ±a Events National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Oceans

Local Sea Level Trends

United States Global Change Research Program

Ocean Surface Temperature Trends in Atlantic Main Development Region

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

A schematic diagram of the Florida Current, (shown in Pink)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Plants, Animals and Agriculture

	Winter Temperature Trends 1970-2007 United States Global Change Research Program
	Corn and Soybean Optimal Response Temperatures United States Global Change Research Program
	A Bristlecone Pine in California’s White Mountains National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
	A yellow-bellied Marmot in Rocky Mountain National Park National Park Service

Precipitation

	Annual Average Precipitation Changes United States Global Change Research Program
	Percentage Increases in the Heaviest One Percent of Precipitation Events United States Global Change Research Program
	Southeast Precipitation Changes by Season United States Global Change Research Program

Seasonal Patterns

Changes in the Average Date of Spring Runoff Pulse Onset

United States Global Change Research Program

The correlation between percentage of ice cover over Lake Superior (spatially and temporally averaged over the entire lake during the period from December to the end of May) and the date when the stratified season starts.

Austin, JA and Colman, SM. “Lake Superior summer water temperatures are increasing more rapidly than
regional air temperatures: A positive ice-albedo feedback.” Geophysical Research Letters 34 (2007): L06604. Image data provided by NOAA.

The lake's ice cover decline over the last three decades. Images courtesy of Dr. Jay Austin, University of Minnesota.

Austin, JA and Colman, SM.
“A century of temperature variability in Lake Superior.” Limnology and Oceanography 53 (2008): 2724-2730. Image data provided by NOAA.