The country experienced 18 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters, tying for third place for the most disasters in a calendar year.
Arctic temperatures over 2021-22 were the sixth-warmest on record, based on records dating back to 1900.
With the third La Niña winter in a row well underway, our blogger takes a look at how La Niña influences the range of winter daily temperatures.
The month tied for fifth-warmest September on average for the globe. North America was record warm, while La Niña continued to chill the tropical Pacific.
Fifth-warmest September on record; heatwave brought record temperatures to the West.
August 2022 drew to a close the third-warmest summer on record for the contiguous United States.
Global surface temperature was among the 6 warmest years on record, despite a "double-dip" La Niña event that chilled the Pacific much of the year.
Earth had its sixth-warmest July on record, with extreme dryness over Europe, the U.S. West, western Australia, and central South America, and extreme wetness over eastern Australia, east-central Africa, and parts of the Middle East.
Trend expected to continue into 2023 and beyond.
On average, July is the United States hottest month of the year. But where did this July fall in the historical record? See highlights from the monthly U.S. summary from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.