A 2021 climate assessment: 20 $1 billion disasters and other climate extremes

(KXAN) — The National Centers for Environmental Information released its latest update on all things climate-related in 2021.
Temperature and precipitation departures from averages, climate anomalies and weather extremes have all been accounted for by the NCEI and issued in a report. The following are some of the main takeaways.TemperaturesFor 2021, the average contiguous U.S. temperature was 54.5°F, 2.5°F above the 20th-century average and ranked as the fourth-warmest ye