The month tied for fifth-warmest September on average for the globe. North America was record warm, while La Niña continued to chill the tropical Pacific.
Call it what you like—triple-dip, three-peat, three-bean salad—we are facing the third La Niña winter in a row.
Fifth-warmest September on record; heatwave brought record temperatures to the West.
It's October. So in addition to talk of ghouls and goblins, we must chat about the October 2022 climate outlook. The outlook favors a hotter-than-average month for the western and central United States, and a colder- and wetter-than-average month for the Mid-Atlantic.
August 2022 drew to a close the third-warmest summer on record for the contiguous United States.
It's all but a done deal: odds of La Niña this winter are higher than 90 percent. Plus a reminder list of why we care so much about La Niña.
The September 2022 climate outlook favors a warmer-than-average month for most of the contiguous United States along with a dry/wet split between the northern and southern tiers of the U.S.
Global surface temperature was among the 6 warmest years on record, despite a "double-dip" La Niña event that chilled the Pacific much of the year.
Earth had its sixth-warmest July on record, with extreme dryness over Europe, the U.S. West, western Australia, and central South America, and extreme wetness over eastern Australia, east-central Africa, and parts of the Middle East.
The tropical Pacific appears to be hopelessly devoted to La Niña for at least the early part of winter.