Caribou, Maine, had its hottest June on record, all-time hottest day, longest stretch of days with a high of at least 80 degrees F (27 degrees C), and greatest number of June days with a high of at least 80 degrees F (27 degrees C). In fact, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, had its fourth wettest July day on record with 4.15 inches (105.41 mm) of rain on July 10. Only January-May of 2010 and 2016 were warmer. 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. Severe drought was introduced in Maine and New York, while moderate drought expanded and abnormal dryness encompassed nearly half the region. 2020 was the hottest year on record for six major climate sites: Scranton and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Atlantic City, New Jersey; Portland, Maine; Central Park, New York; and Providence, Rhode Island. In May, cooler than normal conditions prevailed across every state except Texas, while precipitation was higher than normal for every state except for Mississippi. Between 1961 and 1990, temperatures in England averaged nine degrees Celsius, and in the period of 2012 to 2021, average temperatures in the country had increased to 10.2. Due to its. Several notable maximum and minimum temperature records occurred across the region during the year. U.S. monthly average temperature 2023 | Statista For the individual nations, it was the second warmest . From September through early October conditions remained relatively steady, but by the end of October conditions began to deteriorate rapidly. The Central states also experienced a historic severe weather event the. 2022 was the sixth-warmest year on record based on NOAA's temperature data. With respect to precipitation, Oklahoma experienced its fifth-wettest March on record while Texas experienced its seventh-wettest March on record. Find out how to read the year to date and temperature/precip plots. The region experienced temperatures 2 to 4 degrees warmer than normal in December and January. From July 29th through the 30th, Tropical Storm Isaias impacted parts of Puerto Rico, with over 9 inches (229 mm) of rainfall recorded in Juncos. In October, Arctic sea ice concentration was the lowest value since the satellite records began. Meanwhile, autumn was characterized by extreme temperature swings, with October ranking in the top 10 coldest and November ranking in the top 10 warmest for some states in the region. Millions of acres of crops were flattened by the storm. Even in these areas, the wetness became a memory as drought developed and expanded in the late summer, fall, and early winter. A rare tornado outbreak occurred on February 7 in Maryland where five tornadoes touched down: an EF-0 and four EF-1s. Caribou, ME, also had significant snow during the 2019-2020 season receiving 146 inches and ranked ninth highest for any season on record. Data for 2020 should be considered preliminary. Dry wells were reported in New York and across New England, including more than 275 wells in Maine. The UK mean temperature for 2021 was 9.28C. Between 3 and 6 inches (76 to 152 mm) of rain fell in a two-hour period at rainfall rates of 3 or more inches (76 mm) per hour. In addition, December 17 became the snowiest December day on record for Binghamton, with 26.4 inches (67.1 cm), and Albany, New York, with 19.7 inches (50.0 cm). This dryness eased by mid-February, with the Northeast becoming free of abnormal dryness for the first time since July 2019. On the 12th, Appomattox, VA (19372020) and Concord 4 SSW, VA (19502020) observed their second and third wettest day for any month on record, with 7.28 and 6.85 inches (185 and 174 mm) of precipitation, respectively. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color . Back-to-back storms from February 5 to 8 brought an extreme mix of weather conditions to the Northeast. Precipitation across the region ranged from 50 percent or less of normal to 130 percent or more of normal, with the driest areas in western Texas and the wettest areas across parts of every state. Peaking in intensity in early July, moderate-to-severe drought conditions covered over half of the island. NOAA Climate.gov maps from our Data Snapshots collection, based on data from NCEI. 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. In June, dam releases were reduced in New Hampshire due to dropping lake levels, resulting in small hydropower plants no longer being able to generate power. Severe weather in the region was spread across many months, however the most newsworthy was a severe derecho on August 10th. Flash flooding due to heavy rain occurred again in parts of Maryland, Delaware, southeastern Pennsylvania, and New Jersey on August 12 and 13. Wildfire activity across Alaska was below average and consumed approximately 181,000 acres in 2020 only 15 percent of the 2010-2019 average. Several other locations had one of the five snowiest Octobers on record. The projection suggests that 2021 is very likely to be somewhere between the fifth and seventh warmest year on record. The U.S. Drought Monitor released on October 29 showed 47 percent of the Northeast in an extreme, severe, or moderate drought and 24 percent as abnormally dry. Some branches and wires were downed in parts of Massachusetts due to snowfall and/or gusty winds. For instance, one Rhode Island farm lost 90 percent of its saplings and another farm did not open for the holiday season. On April 13th, the strongest tornado of the year across the Southeast region occurred in Hampton County, SC. Rocky Mountain snowpack was below normal at the time of this writing. In some Maine locations, a fungal disease turned stressed grass black and dry conditions caused a fungus that kills the pupa of the browntail moth caterpillar to grow too late this year, allowing the caterpillar, which defoliates trees and causes health issues, to spread farther into central Maine. During August, conditions worsened in New England, with severe and moderate drought expanding and almost every part of that region experiencing some level of dryness. Soil moisture conditions in the fall and early winter are important for the High Plains region because, as soils freeze, available moisture is locked in place until spring. Maine had its worst year for fires in 20 years with 1,000 wildfires as of September 24. Parts of New Jersey also experienced heavy rain and flash flooding, with reports of water up to car hoods in Ocean City. All state rankings are based on the period spanning 1895-2020. There were no areas of below-average annual temperatures observed across the Lower 48 during 2020. The statewide precipitation rankings for the year are as follows: Arkansas (eleventh wettest), Louisiana (ninteenth wettest), Mississippi (eleventh wettest), Oklahoma (twenty-seventh wettest), Tennessee (sixth wettest), and Texas (fifty-fourth driest). This is a mere 0.12C above the 1991-2020 reference period, making it a decidedly "average" year in comparison to the climate of the recent past. Nearly 40 percent of the cotton crop in Alabama contained seed coat fragments, which is a sprouting or deterioration of the seed that occurs under extended wet conditions, reducing the quality of the cotton fiber. The California fire season started slow but then exploded due to a rare dry thunderstorm event in mid-August. The 2020 wildfire season in the Western U.S. was very active and several states saw the largest fires on record. 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. In fact, some waterways had daily record low flows and a few, including the Aroostook River in northern Maine, recorded all-time record-low flows. Up to 5 inches (127 mm) of rain fell, with the greatest amounts in northern and eastern Maine. Low reservoir levels and streamflows were contributing factors to the widespread drought intensification in 2020 throughout the West. Peanuts in the Florida Panhandle were unable to be dug due to rainfall from Sally, and farmers noted that fungal disease and rotting would affect the quality of the harvest. In August, every state except for Arkansas and Oklahoma experienced warmer than normal temperatures, while every state except for Oklahoma and Texas experienced wetter than normal conditions. Bellingham, Washington recorded 41.36 in (1050.54 mm, 115% of normal) making it the sixth wettest year since 1949. In Alabama, greenhouses and plastic bedding on vegetables were significantly damaged by Zetas high winds. Climate Extremes Index (CEI) Climatological Rankings Citing This Report April U.S. Release: Mon, 8 May 2023, 11:00 AM EDT, Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, NOAA's Residential Energy Demand Temperature Index (REDTI), contiguous U.S. average annual precipitation, lowest known mean sea level pressure on record, nine climatic regions of the National Climatic Data Center, Northeast Regional Climate Center Home Page, Southeast Regional Climate Center Home Page, High Plains Regional Climate Center Home Page, Southern Regional Climate Center Home Page, Western Regional Climate Center Home Page. In 2021, extreme temperatures in the United States caused over 713 million U.S. dollars in economic damage. On January 13th, a microburst damaged a school in Sampson County, NC. All state rankings are based on the period spanning 1895-2020. The U.S. 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. Warm and dry conditions led to drought development in California and Nevada and major drought intensification in the Four Corners states during Calendar Year 2020. For instance, severe drought eased everywhere except southeastern New Hampshire and coastal Maine and moderate drought eased in a large portion of New England. In late May, Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Burlington, Vermont, set/tied their hottest May day on record. Kahului, Maui also saw its warmest year on record since 1955 at 78.6 F (25.9 C), 2.7 F (1.5 C) above normal beating out the 2019 record of 78.4 F (25.8 C). Tropical Storm Fay formed on July 9, becoming the earliest F named storm. As the low-pressure system that produced the severe weather moved towards New England, a second low developed over the Gulf of Maine and rapidly strengthened to a near-record level for April for Maine. 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. Global Temperature Report for 2021 - Berkeley Earth 2020 also marks the sixth consecutive year (2015-20) in which 10 or more separate billion-dollar disaster events have impacted the U.S. On November 11th and 12th, a total of 56 long-term stations across the region observed their highest daily minimum temperature on record for November, including Tampa, FL (78 degrees F, 25.6 degrees C), Savannah, GA (76 degrees F, 24.4 degrees C), Charleston, SC (19382020; 74 degrees F, 23.3 degrees C), Charlotte, NC (18782020; 70 degrees F), and Charlottesville, VA (18932020; 66 degrees F, 18.9 degrees C). Excessive rainfall, paired with high humidity, in Georgia slowed the drying down of corn, with many farmers battling whiteflies and boll rot in cotton. June and July were Puerto Ricos most significant drought months with over 50 percent coverage; Alaska was nearly drought free during most of 2020. As a result, 2021 is nominally the sixth warmest year to . Another widespread wind event occurred on November 15. In Puerto Rico, moderate drought developed in mid-May and continued to intensify and expand in coverage through the early summer. January-May 2021 Blended Land and Sea Surface Temperature Percentiles Regionally, Africa's year-to-date temperature was 1.28C (2.30F) above average and the third highest for the January-May period on record. Meanwhile, another of the wettest cites in the state at the southern extent of Southeast Alaska, Ketchikan, logged 175.10 in (4447.54 mm, 124% of normal) making the 11th wettest year on record since 1914. This was the states largest winter tornado outbreak. This July was the all-time hottest month on record for Scranton and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Buffalo, Syracuse, and LaGuardia Airport, New York; Burlington, Vermont; Baltimore, Maryland; Portland, Maine; Bridgeport, Connecticut; Elkins, West Virginia; and Dulles Airport, Virginia. Alaska experienced its coldest first two months of the year in 2020 and coldest winter (December 2019 - February 2020) since 1999. One of the wettest cites in Alaska, Yakutat, also had a dry year with 104.55 in (2655.57 mm, 67% of normal) making it the 6th driest on record. A complex storm system brought severe weather and snow to the Northeast in early April. Some producers sold calves early, too. The rate of warming since 1981 is more than twice as fast: 0.32 F (0.18 C) per decade. Report: Year: Month: Additional Resources Rankings Maps April 2023 Mar 2023 - Apr 2023 Nov 2022 - Apr 2023 May 2022 - Apr 2023 U.S. 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.