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| National ranking by state of 2023 temperatures compared to the past 129 years. Red states had their hottest year on record in 2023. Dark orange states were much warmer than normal. |
One of the latest batches came out Tuesday, when we learned that the Lower 48 of the United States had its fifth hottest year on record.
Six states - Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Texas - had their warmest years on record.
Vermont was among five states that had their second warmest year, though as reported earlier, the National Weather Service office in South Burlington had its hottest year on record in 2023.
No states had a cooler than average 2023. Only one state, that being Nevada, had a near normal temperature year. The rest of the Lower 48 was on the warm side.
The 2023 national overall heat was given a year end boost when the Lower 48 had its warmest December on record.
Seven states all in or adjacent to the Northern Plains, had their hottest December on record. Twelve states, including Vermont, had their second warmest December. All states were warmer than average. In the rankings of the past 129 years, Florida had the "coolest" ranking. It was only the 88th warmest out of 129 years in the Sunshine State.
The nation as a whole had a near-normal amount of precipitation in December. The Rockies and parts of the Gulf Coast and Mid-South were on the dry side, but the Upper Midwest and especially the East Coast were sodden in December.
Minnesota, New Jersey and Delaware had their wettest December. Here in Vermont we had our fifth wettest December.
This is just a little bit of data. More important information on how the whole world did in 2023 is coming in - a new batch just arrived Friday. I will of course update this as soon as we can. (Wind storm news is putting me a little behind schedule, but oh well)
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