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The Copernicus Programme reported that 2024 continued 2023's series of record high global average sea surface temperatures. [12]2024 Southeast Asia heat wave. For the first time, in each month in a 12-month period (through June 2024), Earth’s average temperature exceeded 1.50 °C (2.70 °F) above the pre-industrial baseline.
By January 5 as forecast, a powerful winter storm formed in the Gulf of Alaska from the trough, which dove southwards through British Columbia and the Western United States. The now mid-latitude cyclone then moved eastwards, bringing blizzard conditions to the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains on January 7. Six states recorded whiteout ...
The winter weather-related events this season led to an estimated US$10 billion in damages, and an estimated 106 fatalities, much of it occurring in the month of January. While there is no well-agreed-upon date used to indicate the start of winter in the Northern Hemisphere , there are two definitions of winter which may be used.
Plus, details on a new NOAA tool for winter storm forecasting.
High temperatures will hover from the upper 70s to the lower 80s. Wind speeds will be 15-25 mph. Saturday's high temperatures will rise to the mid-80s, with west winds at 10-15 mph.
According to NOAA, serious flooding events caused by hurricanes have an average price tag of about $4.7 billion per event. Severe storms, the most frequent type of disaster, have an average cost ...
Beginning in March 2024, severe heat waves impacted Mexico, the Southern and Western United States, and Central America, leading to dozens of broken temperature records, [1] mass deaths of animals from several threatened species, water shortages requiring rationing, [2] increased forest fires, and over 155 deaths in Mexico with 2,567 people suffering from heat-related ailments. [3]
They advised citizens to conserve power and that the cold weather would not last as long as the 2021 event. In the city of Houston, an 18 wheeler overturned on I-10, shutting down the highway. [16] An injury also occurred due to a car pileup on Texas State Highway 121. [17]