The new year started off unusually wet across the U.S., with extreme rainfall and flooding impacting parts of the southern Plains.
The new year started off unusually wet across the U.S., with extreme rainfall and flooding impacting parts of the southern Plains.
The heavy rain also helped boost the month into the top-10 wettest Januarys on record, according to experts and data from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI).
Below are highlights from NOAA’s U.S. climate report for January 2024:
Climate by the Numbers
January 2024
The nation’s average precipitation across the contiguous U.S. was 3.18 inches (0.87 of an inch above average), ranking as the 10th-wettest January in NOAA’s 130-year U.S. climate record.
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