Expand / / Hey, yet another hot month… (charge: NOAA)
We are hitting the end of summer in the Northern Hemisphere, and the weather in the usa was around as eventful as one hopes to the year 2020. An extremely busy Atlantic hurricane season has now lived up to expectations up to now, although record-setting wildfires have blanketed the drought-beset West Coast, producing smoke which has drifted clear throughout the nation.
NOAA’s newest monthly summary demonstrates how this created in August and also that which we need to appear forward to at the subsequent 3 months. Critically, La Niña conditions in the Pacific appear to have settled, which has consequences for winter routines around North America and beyond.
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Globally, this is the 2nd warmest August on record (going back to 1880) and the next largest June-August stretch. Taking a look at the whole year during August, 2020 might be the second largest on record only behind 2016. With some of this year left, it is quite unlikely to fall in the ranks, and it {} a chance in the best location. NOAA now puts the likelihood of a brand new record at approximately 40 per cent, although other quotes are still a little higher. La Niña conditions will hold down the worldwide average, therefore topping 2016 and its own warm El Niño will be notable.
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