A Warmer 2022

A Warmer 2022

Haylie Shipp
Haylie Shipp
It’s time for your Southeast Regional Ag News. On the Ag Information Network, I’m Haylie Shipp.

A warmer year in 2022.

According to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Centers for Environmental Information, the year 2022 was the sixth warmest year since global records began in 1880. According to the Global Climate Report, it was 1.55 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20th century average of 57 degrees.

The ten warmest years in the 143-year record have all occurred since 2010.

Extreme heat events are referred to often in this report including an intense heat wave in Argentina last January which last a full 3 weeks, the first recorded occurrence of a temperature above 104 F in the United Kingdom, and the highest yearly temperature in Ireland since 1900.

North America's annual temperature was 1.64 F above the 1910-2000 average and tied with 2011 and 2019 as the 15th-warmest year on record.

Breaking it down even further, Florida was ranked as having average temperatures much above average with Georgia and Alabama above average.

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