NOAA is moving its climate data to NOAA.gov after a White House memo demanding “Gold Standard Science,” aiming to boost transparency and public trust.

NOAA moves climate data to NOAA.gov under a new science rule.

Executive order drives the shift

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy issued a memorandum on June 23, 2025 that directs federal agencies to implement "Gold Standard Science" in all scientific activities. The directive cites Executive Order 14303 and several statutes, including the National Climate Program and the National Global Change Research Plan. NOAA confirmed that the guidance requires the agency to relocate climate‑related products formerly hosted on Climate.gov.

Content migration to a single portal

Effective immediately, Climate.gov pages redirect to NOAA.gov/climate and affiliated sites. The move places temperature and precipitation analyses, extreme‑event trackers, and educational tools under one domain. NOAA said the consolidation will help communities find data faster and reduce duplication across federal websites.

Key climate statistics

July 2025 ranked as the planet’s third‑warmest month on record, according to NOAA’s monthly temperature and precipitation report. The agency also released a year‑end global temperature and precipitation analysis that highlights ongoing warming trends across all continents.

Economic impact of U.S. weather disasters

From 1980 through August 2024, the United States experienced 396 weather and climate disasters that each caused at least $1 billion in damage. The cumulative cost of those events exceeds $2.78 trillion, NOAA reported.

Record‑breaking events and observations

Freddy, a tropical cyclone that lasted 36 days across the Indian Ocean from February 4 to March 14, 2023, remains the longest‑lived hurricane on record. Since 1950, scientists have documented 19 La Niña episodes in the tropical Pacific, each cooling central and eastern Pacific waters and influencing global weather patterns. The Argo buoy fleet generated more than 3 million ocean‑temperature profiles by 2024, measuring temperature and salinity to depths of 2,000 meters. Antarctic ice loss continues at an average of 100 billion metric tons per year since 2003. Only Florida, Louisiana and Hawaii typically see their last freeze by March 31.

Agency response

"Our goal is to make climate information as accessible and reliable as possible," said a NOAA spokesperson. "By moving to NOAA.gov we align with the gold‑standard science mandate and give users a clear, single point of entry for climate data and tools."

Next steps for users

Visitors seeking flood, fire, heat or hurricane data should use the new NOAA.gov/climate portal. The agency will continue to update the site with real‑time observations, forecasts and educational resources throughout 2025.