Nation struck by all-time highest number of billion-dollar disasters.
Nation struck by all-time highest number of billion-dollar disasters.
A warm August wrapped up a sweltering Summer 2023 across the U.S., according to NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information.
The nation has also been hit with 23 separate billion-dollar disasters so far this year, the largest number of billion-dollar disasters since records have been kept.
Climate By the Numbers
August 2023
The average temperature for August across the contiguous U.S. was 74.4 degrees F — 2.3 degrees above average — ranking as the ninth-warmest August in the 129-year record. Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi all sizzled through their hottest Augusts on record, while Texas saw its second-hottest August. Alaska, whose climate record goes back 99 years, had its third-warmest August on record.
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