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Published on Leave a comment on September Was Hottest On Record For the United States

Does it seem like summer is going on longer and longer? And that crisp fall days are a thing of the past?  Well, you are correct. Summer temperatures are lasting longer.

September was the second hottest September globally since record-keeping started in 1850. Global ocean surface temperatures were the warmest on record for September. And for the 48 contiguous United States: it was the hottest in 132 years of record-keeping (when averaged throughout the 48 states).

Do you see the pattern here? Month after month new records are being set. With temperatures trending higher and higher.

Excerpts from Yale Climate Connections: September 2026: 2nd-hottest September for Earth, hottest for the U.S.

September 2026 was the planet’s second-hottest September since modern record-keeping began in 1850, NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, or NCEI, reported October 9. NASA and the European Copernicus Climate Change Service also rated it as the second-hottest September, behind 2023. The global average temperature for January-September 2026 was the second-highest on record, trailing only 2024. ...continue reading "September Was Hottest On Record For the United States"

Published on Leave a comment on Winter Warmth Broke Records

It's March 1, which means meteorological spring is here. Cold winter is over, yet it didn't feel that cold for most. In fact, the last year has been unprecedented and shocking with all the warm records that were set.

This past winter was the warmest on record for the lower 48 in the United States - when looking at records going back to 1880. January was the eighth straight month Earth set a new warm record - a streak that started in June 2023.

Makes you wonder what's ahead for us this year. Will we keep breaking records for warmth? Probably yes.

From Weather Underground: It Was America's Warmest Winter On Record, Preliminary Data Shows

Winter was the warmest on record in the contiguous U.S. since the late 19th century, and was particularly warm from parts of the upper Midwest into the Northeast.

M​eteorologists group seasons into tidy three-month buckets that more closely follow average temperatures, rather than astronomical seasons that follow the changing sun angle. Meteorological winter follows the typically coldest months of the year from December through February.

E​xcept for some, it didn't feel all that cold this winter.