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2018 Was 4th Hottest Year on Record for the Globe
Wed, 2019-02-06 19:23 — Kathy Gilbeaux
The U.S. experienced 14 billion-dollar weather and climate disasters
CLICK HERE - NOAA - 2018 Global Climate Analysis - Global Climate Report - Annual 2018
noaa.gov - February 6, 2019
Earth’s long-term warming trend continued in 2018 as persistent warmth across large swaths of land and ocean resulted in the globe’s fourth hottest year in NOAA’s 139-year climate record. The year ranks just behind 2016 (warmest), 2015 (second warmest) and 2017 (third warmest).
In separate analyses of global temperatures, scientists from NASA, the United Kingdom Met Office and the World Meteorological Organization also reached the same heat ranking . . .
. . . In 2018, the U.S. experienced 14 weather and climate disasters, each with losses exceeding $1 billion and all totaling around $91 billion in damages. Both the number of events and their cumulative cost ranked fourth highest since records began in 1980.
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CLICK HERE - 2018's Billion Dollar Disasters in Context
CLICK HERE - NOAA - Assessing the Global Climate in 2018
CLICK HERE - NASA - 2018 fourth warmest year in continued warming trend, according to NASA, NOAA
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