(6 of 6) SEE: Our U.S. map of Annual 2022 Significant Climate Events from NOAANCEI at: ametsoc StateOfClimate AMS2023
A person walks past a formerly sunken boat resting on a now-dry section of lakebed at Lake Mead on May 10, 2022. In the western U.S., drought conditions covered 91.3% of the region by early May 2022, and some major reservoirs dropped to their lowest levels on record.
The year was also marked by numerous severe weather events, devastating hurricanes and deadly flooding across parts of the country. Climate by the numbersThe average annual temperature across the contiguous U.S. was 53.4 degrees F — 1.4 degrees above the 20th-century average — ranking in the warmest third of the 128-year record.
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