Extreme Rainfall Archives - Climate Attribution

Assessment of Historic and Future Trends of Extreme Weather in Texas, 1900-2036

Published:October 2021

Author(s):John Nielsen-Gammon, Sara Holman, Austin Buley, Savannah Jorgensen

Publisher:Texas A&M University Office of the Texas State Climatologist

This report analyzes historic observations of temperature, precipitation, and extreme weather in Texas and identifies ongoing and likely future trends out to the year 2036.Read More →

Intergenerational inequities in exposure to climate extremes

Published:September 2021

Author(s):Wim Thiery, Stefan Lange, Joeri Rogelj, Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, Lukas Gudmundsson, Sonia I. Seneviratne, Marina Andrijevic, Katja Frieler, Kerry Emanuel, Tobias Geiger, David N. Bresch, Fang Zhao, Sven N. Willner, Matthias Büchner, Jan Volkholz, Nico Bauer, Jinfeng Chang, Philippe Ciais, Marie Dury, Louis François, Manolis Grillakis, Simon N. Gosling, Naota Hanasaki, Thomas Hickler, Veronika Huber, Akihiko Ito, Jonas Jägermeyr, Nikolay Khabarov, Aristeidis Koutroulis, Wenfeng Liu, Wolfgang Lutz, Matthias Mengel, Christoph Müller, Sebastian Ostberg, Christopher P. O. Reyer, Tobias Stacke, Yoshihide Wada

Publisher:Science

This study estimates that, under current climate pledges, children born in 2020 will experience a two- to sevenfold increase in extreme events, particularly heat waves, compared with people born in 1960.Read More →

Anthropogenic influence on extreme precipitation over global land areas seen in multiple observational datasets

Published:July 2021

Author(s):Gavin D. Madakumbura, Chad W. Thackeray, Jesse Norris, Naomi Goldenson & Alex Hall

Publisher:Nature Communications

Climate change is rendering hurricanes, monsoons and other extreme events more destructive all over the world. Read More →

A Global, Continental, and Regional Analysis of Changes in Extreme Precipitation

Published:December 2020

Author(s):Qiaohong Sun, Xuebin Zhang, Francis Zwiers, Seth Westra, Lisa V. Alexander

Publisher:American Meteorological Society

This paper provides an updated analysis of observed changes in extreme precipitation using high-quality station data up to 2018.Read More →

Press Release: 16 Million Children Affected by Massive Flooding in South Asia, with Millions More at Risk

Published:September 2020

Author(s):United Nations International Children's Fund

Publisher:United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF)

This article describes how monsoon rains and catastrophic flooding in Nepal, India, and Bangladesh left 16 million children and their families were in urgent need of life-saving support. Read More →

State of the Climate: National Climate Report

Published:July 2020

Author(s):National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Publisher:National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

This report provides a comprehensive overview of the climate in the United States by month, including data on precipitation, drought, and temperature and how it compares to national averages. Read More →

Extreme Runoff Generation From Atmospheric River Driven Snowmelt During the 2017 Oroville Dam Spillways Incident

Published:June 2020

Author(s):Brian Henn, Keith N. Musselman, Leanne Lestak , F. Martin Ralph, Noah P. Molotch

Publisher:American Geophysical Union

This study suggests that unusually warm temperatures during winter atmospheric river storms in the Western United States are associated with flood risk due to substantial rainfall and snowmelt. Read More →

Human influence has intensified extreme precipitation in North America

Published:June 2020

Author(s):Megan C. Kirchmeier-Young, Xuebin Zhang

Publisher:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

This study finds robust results for anthropogenic influence on extreme precipitation at continental scales.Read More →

Deadly Weather: The Human Cost of 2018’s Climate Disasters — Visual Guide

Published:December 2018

Author(s):Daniel Levitt, Peter Andringa, Frank Hulley-Jones, Lydia Smears, Jonathan Watts

Publisher:The Guardian

This article describes the climate disasters that the world experienced in 2018 by month, including extreme temperatures in Europe, drought in Argentina, flooding in India, and hurricanes and wildfires in the United States.Read More →

Hurricane Harvey Links to Ocean Heat Content and Climate Change Adaptation

Published:May 2018

Author(s):Kevin E. Trenberth, Lijing Cheng, Peter Jacobs, Yongxin Zhang, John Fasullo

Publisher:Earth's Future

This article uses ocean and atmosphere observations to demonstrate links between increased upper ocean heat content due to global warming with the extreme rainfalls from recent hurricanes.Read More →

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