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The 2020–2021 drought was described by some as possibly the worst drought in modern history for the Western U.S. [8] By late spring 2021, dry conditions had expanded to almost the entire state of California and to neighboring Nevada .
The Western Governors' Association described the need for NIDIS in a 2004 report, Creating a Drought Early Warning System for the 21st Century: The National Integrated Drought Information System. The NIDIS Act calls for an interagency, multi-partner approach to drought monitoring, forecasting, and early warning, led by the National Oceanic and ...
The southwestern North American megadrought is an ongoing megadrought in the southwestern region of North America that began in 2000. At least 24 years in length, the drought is the driest multi-decade period the region has seen since at least 800 CE.
The type of drought seen in 2020-2022, previously occurring once every thousand years, is projected to happen every 60 years by mid-century and every six years by the century's end if greenhouse ...
Fu explained that although the 2020-2022 drought period started with a natural decline in rainfall, its severity rose “from the equivalent of ‘moderate’ to ‘exceptional’ on the drought ...
About 77% of the mainland U.S. is abnormally dry, and almost half of the country is experiencing drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. The spatial pattern of the dry conditions varies ...
This page documents notable droughts and heat waves worldwide in 2020.. Throughout the year, various countries' hottest ever recorded temperature records were broken. The highest temperature during the year was on August 16, when a weather station in Death Valley in the U.S. state of California recorded an air temperature of 129.6 °F (54.2 °C), the hottest temperature recorded globally in ...
From hurricanes to wildfires, 2020 was a year for extreme weather events, but there was a dramatic drop in the frequency of one of the most dangerous weather phenomena. The company Vaisala, which ...