NOAA: 2024 Was Warmest Year On Record For US

January 10, 2025 Climate Change, Environment

NOAA reports:

Last year was a record-warm year for the U.S., as the nation was hit by numerous tornadoes and devastating hurricanes, according to scientists from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information. The average annual temperature across the contiguous U.S. was 55.5 degrees F — 3.5 degrees above the 20th-century average — ranking as the nation’s warmest year in NOAA’s 130-year climate record.

Seventeen states — Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin — had their warmest year on record. The Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters update is a quantification of the weather and climate disasters totalling $1 billion in collective damages for each event. In 2024, the U.S. saw 27 of these events.

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