Hottest Years for U.S. Cities
We calculated the average annual temperatures at 244 individual U.S. stations throughout their periods of record, highlighted the decade in which each record hot year was established, and showed the breakdown of each station’s records by decade. Only one place in our sample had its hottest year on record in 2018 — Palm Springs, California. On the
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A 2018 Summer of Extremes
Meteorological summer has been one of extremes in the U.S. Overall, the East has been wet while the West has baked in the heat. These types of extremes, which are set up by a consistent jet stream pattern, are amplified by a warming climate. Many locations in the Middle Atlantic, Ohio Valley, and Upper Midwest had one of their 10 wettest summers
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The 10 Hottest U.S. Years on Record
Some cities had their hottest year on record, including Albuquerque, Cleveland, Dallas, Phoenix, and Tampa. Moreover, the U.S. is having its warmest consecutive 24, 36, and 48 months on record, with more than 33,000 record highs set in each of the last three years. This total dwarfs the number of record lows set in that three-year period at a rate
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2017 U.S. Temperature Review
2017 finished as the third-hottest year in the U.S. since NOAA records began in 1895, with an average temperature 2.56°F above the 20th century mean. Some cities had their hottest year on record, including Albuquerque, Cleveland, Dallas, Phoenix, and Tampa. Moreover, the U.S. is having its warmest consecutive 24, 36, and 48 months on record, with
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The Water Year’s Long, Cold, and Wet Goodbye Kiss to the Northwest’s Drought
For the first time since 2011, the Pacific Northwest is not registering any sign of drought on the U.S. Drought Monitor. There are also no signs of a potential drought looming on our horizon. None. We’re in the clear. So, why the good news about drought? It’s about the precipitation — the cold variety. We got a lot of it this winter.
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