What year was the warmest December on record?
December 2021 | Full year 2021 The December contiguous U.S. temperature was 39.3 degrees F, 6.7 degrees above average, making it the warmest December on record and exceeding the previous warmest December in 2015.
Why has December been hot?
Much of December has been dominated by a polar jet stream locked across the northern tier of the United States and into Canada. This is quite far north for the time of year, and in large part thanks to persistently higher pressure over the contiguous United States.
What are the hottest years in history?
Since the 1980s, each decade has been warmer than the previous one. This is expected to continue. The warmest seven years have all been since 2015, with 2016, 2019 and 2020 constituting the top three. An exceptionally strong El Niño event occurred in 2016, which contributed to record global average warming.
Why has it been so warm lately December 2021?
Experts have attributed much of the warmth to the jet stream pattern, which is shunted north over the central and eastern Pacific thanks to high pressure near the international date line.
Was 2021 the warmest year?
The Copernicus Climate Change Service estimated that 2021 was the 5th warmest year on record but only marginally warmer than 2015 and 2018. NOAA and Berkeley Earth found that 2021 was nominally the 6th warmest year.
What was the weather like in 2012?
2012 will be remembered for many significant weather events across the country. However, the biggest story across the local area was the record warm temperatures this year, and a subsequent drought that plagued the region for much of late spring into fall.
Was 2012 the warmest May on record?
By the time May was finished it was becoming clear that 2012 was going to be a warm year, especially with this month coming in as the 7th warmest May on record.
What was the snowiest month of 2012?
Even though this number seems low, February would go on to be the snowiest month of 2012. With all of this precipitation, the severe weather season kicked off much earlier than it had ever before. Just after midnight on February 3rd an EF-1 tornado touched down near Miami in Roberts County.
Was 2012 the driest 70 day period on record?
The graph below shows that 2012 precipitation was near normal into late April/early May. From May 9th through July 17th, only 0.96″ of precipitation fell, which is 9.78″ below the normal precipitation for that 70 day period. This is the driest 70 day period on record during the meterological spring or summer (March 1st-August 31st).