Washington, D.C. (18842020), Blacksburg, VA (18932020), and Mt. On the 30th, San Juan (18982020) observed its second wettest July day on record, with 4.46 inches (113 mm) of precipitation. Early season snows were promising, but merely slowed the intensification and expansion of drought. Issues with extreme wetness carried over into 2020 in parts of the Northern Plains, however. In addition, it was the first time on record with no measurable snow in both February and March for Bridgeport, Connecticut; Islip and Kennedy Airport, New York; and Allentown and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The U.S. Drought Monitor released on October 1 showed 45 percent of the Northeast in an extreme, severe, or moderate drought and 25 percent as abnormally dry. While cotton producers in the Florida Panhandle continued their harvest, some noted that cotton yields were particularly poor this year from excessively wet weather. All but three of these 25 stations were located in North Carolina and Virginia. Overview and Graphics Winter 2020-2021 Climate Summary: Temperatures averaged near to slightly below normal for the season. During summer and fall, groundwater levels were also well below normal in many drought areas. Some branches and wires were downed in parts of Massachusetts due to snowfall and/or gusty winds. Flash flooding was reported from Delaware to New York, resulting in road closures and water rescues. Warm extremes in both maximum and minimum temperature across much of the U.S. in addition to wet conditions across the Southeast and dry conditions in the West contributed to this elevated USCEI value. Earth's temperature has risen by an average of 0.14 Fahrenheit (0.08 Celsius) per decade since 1880, or about 2 F in total. National Climate Report | National Centers for Environmental A pocket of extreme rainfall occurred in the Rocky Mount-Wilson area of eastern North Carolina, with a 2-day total of 9.84 inches (250 mm) recorded at Rocky Mount-Wilson Regional Airport. Below-average temperatures occurred across parts of the Southeast Interior region. These conditions improved slightly during the spring, but quickly gave way to further expansion and deterioration, particularly during the summer and fall. Dry wells were reported in New York and across New England, including more than 275 wells in Maine. Preliminary estimates indicated millions of dollars in damage from flooding along the Schuylkill River near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Up to 5 inches (127 mm) of rain fell, with the greatest amounts in northern and eastern Maine. There were seven tropical cyclones that directly impacted the Southern Region in 2020. These fires burned thousands of acres of forest and rangeland, caused evacuations, closed roads, and impacted air quality. Some cattle farmers also thinned their herds earlier than usual. Most of the islands saw below normal precipitation with the exception of Kauai and some of southern Hawaii. These conditions both improved and deteriorated through winter and into spring, with the total area experiencing at least abnormally dry conditions decreasing but the total area experiencing extreme drought conditions increasing, with a small area of exceptional drought conditions developing. Flooding issues were noted especially in eastern Kentucky in February, the Ohio River flood plain in the spring but also along the Mississippi River system. Much of New England experienced the emergence of drought during the second half of 2020 with marked improvement by the end of the year. June was cooler than normal for every state except Oklahoma and Texas, while precipitation was mixed, as three states (Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi) experienced wetter than normal conditions while three states (Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas) experienced drier than normal conditions. Significant flooding occurred, particularly in southeastern Pennsylvania where several waterways recorded their highest water levels on record. An early season freeze event occurred in the Upper Midwest on September 8th-11th. There were three months (January, February, and September) where every state was wetter than normal and one month (November) where every state was drier than normal. The path taken by the storm system was one of the furthest to the west and north in history. Forage crop yields were reduced by up to 75 percent in Maine and New Hampshire. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, there were substantial changes in drought conditions across the High Plains region over the course of the year. The global mean temperature in 2020 is estimated to have been 1.27 C (2.29 F) above the average temperature of the late 19th century, from 1850-1900, a period often used as a pre-industrial baseline for global temperature targets. Met Office: A review of the UK's climate in 2020 - Carbon Brief Every state experienced a warmer than normal winter, with every state experiencing a top-20 warmest winter on record while Tennessee experienced its sixth-warmest winter on record. On August 31st, a line of slow-moving thunderstorms brought over 5 inches of rainfall to Johnston County, NC, where a 5-year-old girl and her 4-year-old brother were swept away in floodwater. The drought that was already in place combined with a failure of the monsoon and well above normal temperature were the primary climate enablers of fire in the Colorado River Basin this year. The maps below show average temperature (left), rainfall (middle) and sunshine duration (right) compared to 1991-2020, across the UK last year. A historic snowstorm dropped snow on almost every part of the Northeast from December 16 to 17. The warmth extended northward to the island of Oahu where Honolulu recorded its 3rd warmest year on record at 78.9 F (26.1 C), 1.3 F (0.8 C) above normal. For the past decade, the Normals have been based on weather observations from 1981 to 2010. The projection suggests that 2021 is very likely to be somewhere between the fifth and seventh warmest year on record. Mount Washington, New Hampshire, had its highest August wind gust of 147 mph (66 m/s). Several other locations had one of the five snowiest Octobers on record. Find out how to read the year to date and temperature/precip plots. Corn and soybean crops in the Midwest had favorable conditions in 2020 except for the areas hit by drought and the derecho. For a small area of northwest Oregon, western Washington, and northern Idaho, drought conditions improved with removal of drought for these locations. In the Desert Southwest, Roswell, New Mexico reported its warmest year on record since records began in 1949 with an annual average temperature of 64.6 F (18.1 C), 3.8 F (2.1 C) above normal. Many locations had precipitation totals that ranked in the top 10 driest on record, rivaling the drought years of 2017, 2012, and the Dust Bowl. More than 4.3 million acres were consumed across California during 2020. In contrast, places such as Boulder, CO, experienced its snowiest season on record with 152 inches of snow. A man in Bradenton Beach, FL was electrocuted when he touched an appliance while standing in floodwater. In addition, Burlington, Vermont, tied its greatest number of June days with a high of at least 90 degrees F (32 degrees C). Global Temperature - Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet Colorado saw its top three largest fires in 2020 which were not fully contained until late November or early December. A total of 299 tornadoes (8 unrated, 123 EF-0s, 125 EF-1s, 31 EF-2s, 11 EF-3s, 1 EF-4) were confirmed across the Southeast during the year, which is the sixth highest annual tornado count for the region since modern records began in 1950. California, Nevada, and the Four Corners states all received below normal precipitation with some pockets of above normal in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. This was a record fifth consecutive year with at least one Category 5 storm in the Atlantic. 2022 Year-to-Date Temperatures Versus Previous Years | January 2022 U.S. monthly average temperature 2023 | Statista For the individual nations, it was the second warmest . Global Temperature Report for 2021 - Berkeley Earth The lack of a need for supplemental drying was a benefit for farmers. In addition, a 55-mph (25-m/s) wind gust reported at Gainesville Regional Airport, FL was the highest gust observed during the month of December since records began in 1973, breaking the old record of 46 mph (21 m/s) set on December 24, 2014. The USCEI is an index that tracks extremes (falling in the upper or lower 10 percent of the record) in temperature, precipitation, drought and landfalling tropical cyclones across the contiguous U.S. For the West Coast fires, the exceptionally dry winter followed by a dry and hot summer and autumn were the main climate contributing factors. Portland, Maine, recorded six days this August with a high of at least 90 degrees F (32 degrees C), tying its August record. In September, many farmers in the Florida Panhandle and southern Alabama reported a loss of cotton, peanuts, and pecans due to the passage of Hurricane Sally. Annual precipitation averaged across the Midwest was 37.72 inches (958 mm), 0.78 inches (20 mm) above normal. Northern Delaware experienced some of its worst flash flooding in at least 15 years. The record of 163 consecutive days was set last year. The rapid drop in temperatures, from warm conditions just prior to the freeze, exacerbated the situation. Annual precipitation totals ranged from 12 to more than 20 inches (305 to more than 508 mm) above average in these areas. On the 20th, Clanton, AL (18932020) reported 8.40 inches (213 mm) of rainfall, which ranked as its second wettest April day on record. To the west, West Virginia saw flood-inducing heavy rain, with the greatest totals approaching 4 inches (102 mm). Drought stress also caused leaves to change color and drop earlier than usual in parts of the Northeast. For instance, the Perkiomen Creek at Graterford, Pennsylvania, reached 19.14 feet (5.83 m), nearly a foot (0.30 m) higher than its previous record from 1935. Buffalo, New York, recorded its hottest July temperature on record and saw eight consecutive days with a high of at least 90 degrees F (32 degrees C), its longest streak on record. Extreme (D3) and exceptional (D4) drought covered about 22 percent of the CONUS on December 29 the largest extent of D3 and D4 drought since August 2012 (24 percent). The Northeast had its hottest July since recordkeeping began with an average temperature of 73.7 degrees F (23.2 degrees C), which was 4.1 degrees F (2.3 degrees C) warmer than normal. Numerous roads in the urbanized corridor of southeastern Florida became impassable due to flooding, with many reports of stalled or submerged vehicles. During October, beneficial rainfall improved drought conditions in portions of New England; however, drought and abnormal dryness expanded or intensified in parts of New York and Pennsylvania. The summer was much more active, however, with several notable events occurring, such as the Western U.S. derecho in June and the Midwestern U.S. derecho in August, which started in the High Plains region. Winterthur, Delaware, saw 4.11 inches of rain (104.39 mm), more than a month's worth, in an hour, with 1.03 inches (26.16 mm) of that falling in five minutes, qualifying as a 1,000-year storm event. All six states experienced warmer than normal temperatures, with Louisiana experiencing its sixth-warmest spring on record. From September through early October conditions remained relatively steady, but by the end of October conditions began to deteriorate rapidly. Through November 30, and the official end of the Atlantic hurricane season, several records were tied or broken. The region experienced temperatures 2 to 4 degrees warmer than normal in December and January. These six regions differ spatially from the nine climatic regions of the National Climatic Data Center. Caribou, Maine, received only 0.88 inches (22.35 mm) of precipitation during June, tying as the driest June on record. The total cost of U.S. billion-dollar disasters over the last five years (2016-2020) exceeds $600 billion. The U.S. Drought Monitor released on August 27 showed 37 percent of the Northeast in a severe or moderate drought and 23 percent as abnormally dry. Preliminary damage estimates in Delaware exceeded $20 million. Key West, FL (18712020) received 9.37 inches (238 mm) of rainfall from the storm on the 12th, which is its fifth wettest day for any month on record. Rhode Island officials noted that fires were climbing trees and were concerned that items like lawn mowers and chains could spark fires, which is a behavior more typical of western U.S. wildfires and unusual in the Northeast. Numerous daily precipitation extremes were recorded across the region during the year. Past Weather by Zip Code - Data Table | NOAA Climate.gov The dry winter and above normal temperatures throughout the year contributed to a rapid expansion of drought in these two states with only a small area in southern California remaining drought free at the end of the year. Hawaii, for the second year in a row, saw above normal temperatures that were in some cases record-breaking. The greatest rain totals ranged from 4 to 9 inches (102 to 229 mm), with Allentown, Pennsylvania, having its wettest August day with 4.92 inches (124.97 mm) of rain. Annual 2020 National Climate Report | National Centers for
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