Tom Di Liberto
@tdiliberto.bsky.social
Climate scientist and science communicator who dabbles in comedy.
Creator of NOAA's Teek and Tom cartoon series focused on weather, climate and ocean science.
If in Washington DC, come check out my science improv troupe at Washington Improv theater
Creator of NOAA's Teek and Tom cartoon series focused on weather, climate and ocean science.
If in Washington DC, come check out my science improv troupe at Washington Improv theater
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🌡️🦃 🍂November temperatures are rising across the U.S.
Of 247 U.S. cities analyzed, 92% saw November temperatures rise since 1970 — by 2.4°F on average.
Find out more + the hottest/coldest/rainiest Thanksgiving on record in this week's Climate Matters
www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...
Of 247 U.S. cities analyzed, 92% saw November temperatures rise since 1970 — by 2.4°F on average.
Find out more + the hottest/coldest/rainiest Thanksgiving on record in this week's Climate Matters
www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...
November 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
🌡️🦃 🍂November temperatures are rising across the U.S.
Of 247 U.S. cities analyzed, 92% saw November temperatures rise since 1970 — by 2.4°F on average.
Find out more + the hottest/coldest/rainiest Thanksgiving on record in this week's Climate Matters
www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...
Of 247 U.S. cities analyzed, 92% saw November temperatures rise since 1970 — by 2.4°F on average.
Find out more + the hottest/coldest/rainiest Thanksgiving on record in this week's Climate Matters
www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...
Fascinating (and more than a bit scary) new report out from @climatecentral.org and scientists from UCLA and UC-Berkeley looking at how many toxic facilities are at risk from rising seas. The report comes with an interactive map too.
www.climatecentral.org/report/toxic...
www.climatecentral.org/report/toxic...
In just 25 years, over 3,700 toxic facilities will be at risk of coastal flooding as seas continue to rise due to climate change. And those most affected will be the most vulnerable among us. Learn more in Climate Central’s new Toxic Tides report.
www.climatecentral.org/report/toxic...
www.climatecentral.org/report/toxic...
November 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Fascinating (and more than a bit scary) new report out from @climatecentral.org and scientists from UCLA and UC-Berkeley looking at how many toxic facilities are at risk from rising seas. The report comes with an interactive map too.
www.climatecentral.org/report/toxic...
www.climatecentral.org/report/toxic...
With all this talk of sudden stratospheric warming, geez does it make me miss the Polar Vortex Blog at [Climate].gov.
November 20, 2025 at 4:27 AM
With all this talk of sudden stratospheric warming, geez does it make me miss the Polar Vortex Blog at [Climate].gov.
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Hurricane Melissa produced the fastest hurricane winds to be recorded by a dropsonde, verified by reviewing data at NSF NCAR! Hurricane Melissa’s 252 mph wind gust surpassed the previous record from Typhoon Megi over the Western Pacific in 2010, where a dropsonde measured wind gusts of 248 mph.
November 20, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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🔌 A new report shows power outages are lasting longer as extreme weather takes a bigger toll.
• Average longest outage jumped from 8.1 hours in 2022 → 12.8 hours by mid-2025
• The South saw the worst of it with 18.2hrs outages, with the West next at 12.4hrs
www.utilitydive.com/news/power-o...
• Average longest outage jumped from 8.1 hours in 2022 → 12.8 hours by mid-2025
• The South saw the worst of it with 18.2hrs outages, with the West next at 12.4hrs
www.utilitydive.com/news/power-o...
Power outages getting longer as extreme weather takes larger toll, report says
The average length of the longest power outage has increased in all regions since 2022, according to JD Power.
www.utilitydive.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🔌 A new report shows power outages are lasting longer as extreme weather takes a bigger toll.
• Average longest outage jumped from 8.1 hours in 2022 → 12.8 hours by mid-2025
• The South saw the worst of it with 18.2hrs outages, with the West next at 12.4hrs
www.utilitydive.com/news/power-o...
• Average longest outage jumped from 8.1 hours in 2022 → 12.8 hours by mid-2025
• The South saw the worst of it with 18.2hrs outages, with the West next at 12.4hrs
www.utilitydive.com/news/power-o...
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Winter isn't what it used to be.
It's actually the fastest-warming season for much of the U.S.
Since just 1970, winters (December - February) have warmed in 98% of 244 U.S. cities analyzed by 3.9°F on average.
Do you wanna build a snowman with few of the details? 🧵
It's actually the fastest-warming season for much of the U.S.
Since just 1970, winters (December - February) have warmed in 98% of 244 U.S. cities analyzed by 3.9°F on average.
Do you wanna build a snowman with few of the details? 🧵
November 12, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Winter isn't what it used to be.
It's actually the fastest-warming season for much of the U.S.
Since just 1970, winters (December - February) have warmed in 98% of 244 U.S. cities analyzed by 3.9°F on average.
Do you wanna build a snowman with few of the details? 🧵
It's actually the fastest-warming season for much of the U.S.
Since just 1970, winters (December - February) have warmed in 98% of 244 U.S. cities analyzed by 3.9°F on average.
Do you wanna build a snowman with few of the details? 🧵
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What happens when politics silences science? 🧪⚡Tomorrow's episode, in partnership with Silenced Science Stories, reveals the human cost behind the headlines—tune in to The Story Collider to hear them.
#SilencedScience #ScienceSuppression #ScienceCommunication #ScienceMatters
#SilencedScience #ScienceSuppression #ScienceCommunication #ScienceMatters
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
What happens when politics silences science? 🧪⚡Tomorrow's episode, in partnership with Silenced Science Stories, reveals the human cost behind the headlines—tune in to The Story Collider to hear them.
#SilencedScience #ScienceSuppression #ScienceCommunication #ScienceMatters
#SilencedScience #ScienceSuppression #ScienceCommunication #ScienceMatters
Adding to this, 2025 started pretty La Nina-ish. And will end that way too. Which should have a cooling impact on global temps.
(Heck according to the relative Oceanic Nino Index (RONI), it's been La Nina pretty much since summer 2024.)
The level of sustained global warmth is something else!
(Heck according to the relative Oceanic Nino Index (RONI), it's been La Nina pretty much since summer 2024.)
The level of sustained global warmth is something else!
Despite the lack of a planet-warming El Niño event this year, 2025 has been the 2nd-warmest year on record for the year-to-date period, and is on track to end up as the 2nd- or 3rd-warmest year on record, behind only the El Niño-warmed years of 2024 and 2023:
October 2025 was the planet's third-warmest October on record » Yale Climate Connections
Only October 2023 and October 2024 were warmer.
yaleclimateconnections.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Adding to this, 2025 started pretty La Nina-ish. And will end that way too. Which should have a cooling impact on global temps.
(Heck according to the relative Oceanic Nino Index (RONI), it's been La Nina pretty much since summer 2024.)
The level of sustained global warmth is something else!
(Heck according to the relative Oceanic Nino Index (RONI), it's been La Nina pretty much since summer 2024.)
The level of sustained global warmth is something else!
It's been ~250 days since I was fired. Just gives me the warm fuzzies that the courts had to force DOC and NOAA to say that I obviously wasn't fired based on my personal performance.
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
It's been ~250 days since I was fired. Just gives me the warm fuzzies that the courts had to force DOC and NOAA to say that I obviously wasn't fired based on my personal performance.
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🌎 Share the facts on climate change with a new slide deck from Climate Central, available in English and Spanish. 🌎 www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...
November 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
🌎 Share the facts on climate change with a new slide deck from Climate Central, available in English and Spanish. 🌎 www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt...
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November 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Many important weather and climate data streams have gone silent as the U.S. government shutdown continues on.
As just one example, NOAA’s Global Monitoring Laboratory did not release its regular monthly update for greenhouse gases, such as for carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide.
As just one example, NOAA’s Global Monitoring Laboratory did not release its regular monthly update for greenhouse gases, such as for carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide.
October 30, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Many important weather and climate data streams have gone silent as the U.S. government shutdown continues on.
As just one example, NOAA’s Global Monitoring Laboratory did not release its regular monthly update for greenhouse gases, such as for carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide.
As just one example, NOAA’s Global Monitoring Laboratory did not release its regular monthly update for greenhouse gases, such as for carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide.
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We know there's an ideal temp for running marathons, however... as the planet warms due to #climatechange, those optimal race-day conditions will become less likely.
Explore how specific races are impacted with @climatecentral.org's new interactive tool.
👉 app.climatecentral.org/dataviz/mara...
Explore how specific races are impacted with @climatecentral.org's new interactive tool.
👉 app.climatecentral.org/dataviz/mara...
October 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
We know there's an ideal temp for running marathons, however... as the planet warms due to #climatechange, those optimal race-day conditions will become less likely.
Explore how specific races are impacted with @climatecentral.org's new interactive tool.
👉 app.climatecentral.org/dataviz/mara...
Explore how specific races are impacted with @climatecentral.org's new interactive tool.
👉 app.climatecentral.org/dataviz/mara...
"An Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft has found that
Melissa is strengthening..." This is an absolutely terrifying update so close to landfall. Melissa now at 180mph winds and 896mb central pressure.
www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh...
Melissa is strengthening..." This is an absolutely terrifying update so close to landfall. Melissa now at 180mph winds and 896mb central pressure.
www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh...
October 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
"An Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft has found that
Melissa is strengthening..." This is an absolutely terrifying update so close to landfall. Melissa now at 180mph winds and 896mb central pressure.
www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh...
Melissa is strengthening..." This is an absolutely terrifying update so close to landfall. Melissa now at 180mph winds and 896mb central pressure.
www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh...
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“If you do not measure it you can’t manage it.”
We may never know the final cost of the L.A. fires because Trump stopped keeping track.
Scientist formerly in charge of the project joined me on @lastword.msnbc.com ahead of the release of my new book “Firestorm.”
preorder: a.co/d/83fAJtc
We may never know the final cost of the L.A. fires because Trump stopped keeping track.
Scientist formerly in charge of the project joined me on @lastword.msnbc.com ahead of the release of my new book “Firestorm.”
preorder: a.co/d/83fAJtc
October 28, 2025 at 3:32 AM
“If you do not measure it you can’t manage it.”
We may never know the final cost of the L.A. fires because Trump stopped keeping track.
Scientist formerly in charge of the project joined me on @lastword.msnbc.com ahead of the release of my new book “Firestorm.”
preorder: a.co/d/83fAJtc
We may never know the final cost of the L.A. fires because Trump stopped keeping track.
Scientist formerly in charge of the project joined me on @lastword.msnbc.com ahead of the release of my new book “Firestorm.”
preorder: a.co/d/83fAJtc
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Hurricane #Melissa explosively intensified into a Category 5 storm over exceptionally warm Caribbean waters.
Here's how climate change amplified this dangerous hurricane—from its rapid strengthening to the catastrophic rainfall ahead ⤵️
youtube.com/shorts/VtbZZ...
Here's how climate change amplified this dangerous hurricane—from its rapid strengthening to the catastrophic rainfall ahead ⤵️
youtube.com/shorts/VtbZZ...
Hurricane #Melissa and Climate Change
YouTube video by climatecentral
youtube.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Hurricane #Melissa explosively intensified into a Category 5 storm over exceptionally warm Caribbean waters.
Here's how climate change amplified this dangerous hurricane—from its rapid strengthening to the catastrophic rainfall ahead ⤵️
youtube.com/shorts/VtbZZ...
Here's how climate change amplified this dangerous hurricane—from its rapid strengthening to the catastrophic rainfall ahead ⤵️
youtube.com/shorts/VtbZZ...
🧵 on Hurricane Melissa
As of the 2pm ET update, #Melissa is a Cat. 5 hurricane with 175mph winds.
The National Hurricane Center warns "life-threatening flash flooding...catastrophic winds..damaging storm surge" as Jamaica prepares.
🧵Here's how excessive Caribbean warmth has boosted the impacts of this storm:
The National Hurricane Center warns "life-threatening flash flooding...catastrophic winds..damaging storm surge" as Jamaica prepares.
🧵Here's how excessive Caribbean warmth has boosted the impacts of this storm:
October 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
🧵 on Hurricane Melissa
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I've seen a lot of dropsondes over my years, and a peak wind of 210kt - even at the top of/just beyond the boundary layer - is wild to see. Might be up there in the ranks of all-time strongest dropsonde-measured gusts as well.
October 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Seems not great.
Some perspective on this year's sea surface temperatures and recent warming across the North Pacific... 🌊
This graph shows the average for a band across the midlatitudes for every average January-September period from 1854-2025 using ERSSTv5 data.
This graph shows the average for a band across the midlatitudes for every average January-September period from 1854-2025 using ERSSTv5 data.
October 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Seems not great.
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Yes, hurricanes have rapidly intensified in October before.
Yes, the Caribbean has been untouched this hurricane season.
But we understand the human influence on the excessive warmth in the basin, boosting #Melissa's intensity.
Real-time data & the human-caused impacts 🧵👇
Yes, the Caribbean has been untouched this hurricane season.
But we understand the human influence on the excessive warmth in the basin, boosting #Melissa's intensity.
Real-time data & the human-caused impacts 🧵👇
#Melissa is starting to rapidly intensify (RI) in the Caribbean as it amps into an expected Cat 5 hurricane by (latest) Monday.
While there have been others to do it, a hurricane undergoing RI in October is relatively uncommon.
While there have been others to do it, a hurricane undergoing RI in October is relatively uncommon.
October 25, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Yes, hurricanes have rapidly intensified in October before.
Yes, the Caribbean has been untouched this hurricane season.
But we understand the human influence on the excessive warmth in the basin, boosting #Melissa's intensity.
Real-time data & the human-caused impacts 🧵👇
Yes, the Caribbean has been untouched this hurricane season.
But we understand the human influence on the excessive warmth in the basin, boosting #Melissa's intensity.
Real-time data & the human-caused impacts 🧵👇
Big news out of @climatecentral.org today! We've brought back NOAA's billion dollar disaster dataset!
Check out our interactive website and bookmark it because there's more to come!
www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
Check out our interactive website and bookmark it because there's more to come!
www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
October 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Big news out of @climatecentral.org today! We've brought back NOAA's billion dollar disaster dataset!
Check out our interactive website and bookmark it because there's more to come!
www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
Check out our interactive website and bookmark it because there's more to come!
www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
Thanks @somas-sbu.bsky.social !
Tom DiLiberto is a meteorologist & climate scientist who earned his MS from @stonybrooku.bsky.social in 2009 in Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences. Tom worked under the guidance of Dr. Brian Colle at @somas-sbu.bsky.social. His thesis involved the verification of storm surge modeling systems for NYC/LI.
October 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Thanks @somas-sbu.bsky.social !
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October 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Do you want to add more climate info into your content but aren't sure how to make it feel natural?
We got you.
Join us as we walk through "dripping" - aka making it part of the conversation in stories you are already telling
🗓️ Wed, Oct. 21 | 2pm ET
🔗 climatecentral-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
We got you.
Join us as we walk through "dripping" - aka making it part of the conversation in stories you are already telling
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New analysis! Paris Agreement commitments would help the planet avoid some really really really really bad heat impacts by 2100. But still would cause really really bad heat impacts compared to now, AND would fall short of Paris Agreement goals.
www.climatecentral.org/report/10th-...
www.climatecentral.org/report/10th-...
October 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
New analysis! Paris Agreement commitments would help the planet avoid some really really really really bad heat impacts by 2100. But still would cause really really bad heat impacts compared to now, AND would fall short of Paris Agreement goals.
www.climatecentral.org/report/10th-...
www.climatecentral.org/report/10th-...