Our annual Meteorological Year videos are created through international cooperation with the China Meteorological Administration (CMA), the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). By merging their data with ours, we can get comprehensive views of the entire planet.

This animation shows the different weather patterns across the world in 2020, captured from space, with major storms labeled from light yellow to red based on their intensity. The most active basin of the year was the North Atlantic, with 30 named storms.

The ultra-high resolution (8K) visualization was carried out by the EUMETSAT data visualization team and is composed of a layer of satellite infrared data, provided by the Météo-France Space Meteorology Center, superimposed on the maps NASA’s “Blue Marble Next Generation” floor, which changes with the seasons.

Please note: Flickering in the video is due to the combination of data from EUMETSAT's geostationary satellites, NOAA, CMA and JMA, combined with data from EUMETSAT's polar-orbiting Metop satellites.

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