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A woman and boy install a small device onto the passenger-side window of their car.
Reno-Sparks Heat Mapping Project releases detailed urban heat data | El proyecto de mapeo de calor de Reno-Sparks publica datos detallados sobre el calor urbano January 27, 2025

Summer 2024 data collection effort results provide stakeholders with maps of region’s urban heat island

A man climbs a piece of ice with a rope and a ladder beneath him. He is wearing a helmet, a backpack, and a bright orange jacket.
New Â鶹ӳ»­ State Climatologist seeks to meet state’s needs November 01, 2024

With hiring of new state climatologist, University research reaches new heights

A boy works with a woman to affix a device to a passenger car window. The device looks like a mallet with a long handle.
Reno/Sparks selected to be part of Urban Heat Mapping Campaign April 18, 2024

The summer 2024 effort will involve community volunteers and is supported by the National Institutes of Health, NOAA, Climate.gov and Heat Watch

A black and white photo of Manzanita Lake covered in snow, with buildings surrounding the Quad in the background.
Quarterly Climate Report and Outlook – January through March January 25, 2024

Interim Â鶹ӳ»­ State Climatologist Tom Albright reviews the past three months and what it means for the state

The back of the Mackay statue facing toward the Quad. The grass is green and the trees lining the Quad are fully leafed out. The sky is blue with some scattered clouds.
Â鶹ӳ»­ Drought Update for June 2023 June 15, 2023

The wet spring across much of Â鶹ӳ»­ alleviated drought and may provide a buffer against a rapid return to drought

Water runs down a valley through a dam, where pelicans are sitting at the base.
Â鶹ӳ»­ State Climatologist Steph McAfee provides some insight about our state of water December 21, 2022

Â鶹ӳ»­ has been experiencing drought after drought

Heavy smoke filled the skies above Lake Tahoe during the Caldor Fire in 2021
Â鶹ӳ»­ receives $20 million National Science Foundation research award for fire science May 17, 2022

NSF EPSCoR investment will increase capacity for wildland fire research, education, and workforce development

Red Rock Canyon Rocks
Community leaders, science experts featured at 2019 Global Climate Change Summit September 18, 2019

The Sept. 23 conference will discuss how climate change is impacting Â鶹ӳ»­

mt lincoln weather station
Sierra mountaintop laboratory keeps track of some of the worst weather in the country April 16, 2018

Sugar Bowl Resort, University partner to study regional weather, climate and water impacts for California and Â鶹ӳ»­

High school students looking at sagebrush during a snowfall in June
El Niño and La Niña, what’s the difference? December 11, 2017

New Cooperative Extension publication explains Â鶹ӳ»­â€™s weather and climate