The year 2025 was the warmest on record for the heat content of the world’s oceans. Ocean heat content (OHC) increased by around 500 zettajoules – billion trillion joules – since the 1940s.

Temperatures in parts of one state in the southern U.S. are only a few degrees lower than Furnace Creek in Death Valley, California, which is commonly referred to as the hottest place on Earth. The ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Thursday turned out to be one for the weather history books. The mercury went up to 118 degrees around 3:40 p.m., making it the hottest temperature ever recorded in August for ...

A new analysis of July temperatures in Death Valley between 1923 and 2024 suggests the world record near-surface air temperature of 134 F measured in July 1913 may be erroneous. When you purchase ...

Although Houston didn't break records with 100-degree days in the summer, we broke a sweat surprisingly in the spring, fall and a little bit in December. Did 2025 end up being our third consecutive ...