November 2020 was very warm and quite dry for the United States as the Atlantic’s extremely active hurricane season came to a close.
Last month’s heat also added to a warm stretch so far for 2020, ranking the year to date as the nation’s fourth warmest, according to scientists at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Here are more highlights from NOAA’s latest monthly U.S. climate report:
Climate by the numbers: November 2020
The average November temperature across the contiguous U.S. was 46.4 degrees F (4.7 degrees above average), which placed the month at the fourth-hottest November in the 126-year record.
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