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An aerial view of a property surrounded by flood water on December 9, 2022, in Louth, Australia. Prolonged flooding along the Barwon-Darling River and its tributaries due to unseasonably high rainfall turned vast swaths of the Western Plains into islands, cut off from road access. 2022 was the warmest La Nina year on record as increasingly extreme and changing conditions impacted the globe.

Extreme rainfall, record warmth and more: Climate highlights of 2023

December 27, 2023

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An aerial view of a property surrounded by flood water on December 9, 2022, in Louth, Australia. Prolonged flooding along the Barwon-Darling River and its tributaries due to unseasonably high rainfall turned vast swaths of the Western Plains into islands, cut off from road access. 2022 was the warmest La Nina year on record as increasingly extreme and changing conditions impacted the globe.

A large cluster of wildfires burns in Alberta, Canada, as seen from NOAA’s GOES-18 satellite on May 5, 2023. May 2023 was North America’s warmest May in NOAA’s 174-year climate record.

Earth saw its 3rd-warmest May in 174 years

June 14, 2023

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A large cluster of wildfires burns in Alberta, Canada, as seen from NOAA’s GOES-18 satellite on May 5, 2023. May 2023 was North America’s warmest May in NOAA’s 174-year climate record.

In this image captured on April 12, 2023 by the Himawari-9 satellite, operated by NOAA’s partners at the Japan Meteorological Agency, Tropical Cyclone Ilsa strengthens as it approaches Australia. Ilsa’s landfall set a new record for the strongest winds observed in western Australia.

April 2023 was Earth’s fourth warmest on record

May 12, 2023

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In this image captured on April 12, 2023 by the Himawari-9 satellite, operated by NOAA’s partners at the Japan Meteorological Agency, Tropical Cyclone Ilsa strengthens as it approaches Australia. Ilsa’s landfall set a new record for the strongest winds observed in western Australia.

Aerial view of harvesting machine clearing brown, drought-stressed fields of corn on March 12, 2023 in San Jerónimo Sud, Santa Fe, Argentina.

Earth just had its second-warmest March on record

April 13, 2023

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Aerial view of harvesting machine clearing brown, drought-stressed fields of corn on March 12, 2023 in San Jerónimo Sud, Santa Fe, Argentina.

In an aerial view, piles of debris remain where homes once stood before an EF-4 tornado on March 26, 2023 in Rolling Fork, Mississippi.

Freight train of atmospheric rivers brought record rain, snow in March

April 10, 2023

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In an aerial view, piles of debris remain where homes once stood before an EF-4 tornado on March 26, 2023 in Rolling Fork, Mississippi.

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NOAA scientists harness machine learning to advance climate models

March 1, 2023

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A fire cloud over the ridgeline rising from the Bootleg wildfire in Oregon, July 7, 2021.

U.S. West hit with extreme heat, drought and unrelenting wildfires in July

August 9, 2021

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A fire cloud over the ridgeline rising from the Bootleg wildfire in Oregon, July 7, 2021.

June 2021 was the 5th warmest June on record for the globe

July 13, 2021

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May 2021 tied for 6th-warmest May on record for the globe

June 14, 2021

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A car in front of a close business sits partially submerged in a flooded parking lot in Lake Charles, Louisiana, May 17, 2021.

May capped off a warm, dry spring and ushered in 1st tropical storm of 2021

June 8, 2021

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A car in front of a close business sits partially submerged in a flooded parking lot in Lake Charles, Louisiana, May 17, 2021.

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