By October, the U.S. had experienced 15 major weather disasters with losses exceeding $1 billion in damage each, according to NOAA.
. This ranks as the 17th warmest period in the 128-year record.
Five other states ranked among their warmest 10 year-to-date periods on record, NOAA said. Temperatures were near-average from the northern Plains and Upper Midwest to the Tennessee Valley.that also led to explosive wildfires, damaged crop yields, and water restrictions. From Afghanistan to Central America, droughts, flooding, and other extreme weather events hit millions of people — many of whom were the least equipped to recover and adapt.
"As greenhouse gas concentrations rise, so does global mean surface temperature," the report states. "Despite La Niña conditions keeping the global temperature low for the second consecutive year, 2022 is still likely to be 5th or 6th warmest year on record." "While this may not sound significant, it is nearly 10% of rise since 1993 in less than 2 years, despite the ongoing La Niña," the report says.
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