Climate change won’t always lead to NorCal heat records. Rising temps could increase other extremes
Data released by NASA and NOAA show that, globally, 2021 was the sixth hottest year on record for Earth’s atmosphere. That means that nine of the planet’s 10 hottest years have come in the past decade. Only 2012 is not in that top 10 list. … Sacramento experienced its longest stretch of dry time on record at 212 days. June, July and September were also each in the respective “top 10 hottest” list for that month. On the other side of the coin, October brought the wettest day on record for downtown Sacramento with 5.44 inches falling in a 24 hour period on Oct. 26. December was also much wetter and snowier than average.
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