November served up a meteorological mixed bag for the contiguous United States: Massive, deadly wildfires devastated entire communities in California and an early season blizzard hit the Midwest, while cool temperatures prevailed east of the Rockies and record rains fell in the East.
![U.S. Army Sgt. Rodrigo Estrada of the California Army National Guard's 649th Engineer Company, 579th Engineer Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, leads a team conducting search and debris clearing operations, Nov. 17, 2018, in Paradise, California. Image with full caption and credit available at https://flic.kr/p/2ahrTWy. (Image credit: Sr. Airman Crystal Housman/U.S. Air National Guard on flickr ) U.S. Army Sgt. Rodrigo Estrada of the California Army National Guard's 649th Engineer Company, 579th Engineer Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, leads a team conducting search and debris clearing operations, Nov. 17, 2018, in Paradise, California. Image with full caption and credit available at https://flic.kr/p/2ahrTWy.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2019/Jun/Photo%20-%20Camp%20Fire%202018%20-%20wildfire%20-%20Taken%20111718%20-%20Paradise%20California%20-%20Credit%20Senior%20Airman%20Crystal%20Housman%20-%20California%20Air%20National%20Guard%20via%20flickr%20-%20Landscape%20-%201600%20x%201141.jpg?itok=afkAYJYa)
U.S. Army Sgt. Rodrigo Estrada of the California Army National Guard's 649th Engineer Company, 579th Engineer Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, leads a team conducting search and debris clearing operations, Nov. 17, 2018, in Paradise, California. Image with full caption and credit available at https://flic.kr/p/2ahrTWy. (Image credit: Sr. Airman Crystal Housman/U.S. Air National Guard on flickr )