More Warm News: November Was Among Nation's Warmest

You should expect some blue (colder than average) regions
in some parts of the United States in any given month.
In November, 2020, nobody really got cold

You know late autumn here in Vermont was quite warm.  It turns out we shared in the warmth with the rest of the United States.

In the contiguous Lower 48, November was the fourth warmest on record, according to NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information.  

One remarkable aspect of the warmth was how widespread it was.  I could find only three or four isolated counties in Idaho, Oregon and northern California that were marginally cooler than average. Everyone else was at or above normal.

There were plenty of record warm moments in various cities across the United States. Here in Vermont, as previously reported, Burlington had the most 70-degree days in a single November with four of 'em.  Chicago set a record with seven days in November, 2020 with 70 degree weather. 

Normally hot Phoenix, Arizona could not escape summer. It was 92 degrees there on November 17, the latest on record it's been at or above 90 there. 

So far, December is also running well above normal for much of the United States.  (We're warmer than average in Vermont so far in December, too, with another mild spell due Friday through the weekend).

We should get more reliable world-wide data for November within a week or so.  It's widely expected that November 2020 will be among the world's warmest on record, if not THE warmest.