NOAA: 2012 was hottest on record for Contiguous U.S.
2012 was our warmest, and our second most extreme, year on record.
2012 was our warmest, and our second most extreme, year on record.
Although 2012 will not be the Earth’s hottest year on record, our region is likely poised to have its hottest on the books, including in Richmond.
Contiguous U.S. temperatures for 2012 are surpassing the record-warm 1998 on the homestretch.
2012 is currently outpacing the previous warmest years known since record-keeping began in 1880.
The average global temperature for August 2012 made it the fourth-warmest August since record keeping began in 1880.
Virginia continues its hottest year-to-date in 118 years of record-keeping.
Only the summers of 2011 and 1936 have had higher summer temperatures for the Lower 48.
Record hottest 12-month period for the U.S. as well.
The Dust Bowl of the 1930s and droughts of the 1950s remain the worst in the contiguous U.S.
January through June for the contiguous U.S. has the hottest average temperature since record-keeping began in 1895.
The United States recorded the warmest winter on record dating back to 1895, with March breaking 15,000 high temperature records.