Climate change and temperature increase in world.
January 2021 tied for the ninth-warmest January in the United States in 127 years, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
The average January temperature across the contiguous US was 34.6 degrees Fahrenheit (1.44 degrees Celsius), which is 4.5 degrees above the 20th-century average.
Much of the West, northern and central Plains, Great Lakes and Northeast experienced above-average temperatures. North Dakota and South Dakota had their third- and fifth-warmest Januarys on record.
Precipitation for the month was 0.30 of an inch below average, at 2.01 inches. The month was among the third-driest in the country on record.
Below-average precipitation was witnessed across much of the Rockies, Northern Tier, Great Lakes, parts of the South and the Northeast.
An atmospheric river, however, brought large amounts of rain and snow to portions of the West Coast January 27-29 despite the dry conditions, which helped alleviate some of the ongoing drought conditions in the region, (NOAA, 2021).
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