Great Lakes ice coverage was well-below the average.
The new year kicked off with a balmy start for the U.S., making January 2020 the fifth warmest January on record. All 48 contiguous states saw above- to much-above-average temperatures last month.
January was also quite damp for the Lower 48 and ranked in the wettest third of the 126-year climate record.
Here are more U.S. highlights for the month from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information:
The average January temperature across the contiguous U.S. was 35.5 degrees F (5.4 degrees above the 20th-century average) and ranked fifth warmest in the 126-year record.
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