2024 Hottest Year on Record, US Hit With $15 Billion in Disasters So Far: NOAA
Record and near-record year-to-date temperatures were recorded for half of the 50 states, stretching from Minnesota across the Great Lakes to New England.
Above-average temperatures recorded across the United States from January 2024 through June 2024 by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, created on July 5, 2024. (Screenshot/NOAA).
The first six months of 2024 have been the warmest on record.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), at its monthly climate briefing on July 18, stated that the span from Jan. 1 to June 30 set global heat records as the United States logged $15 billion in costs from weather and climate disasters.
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