The latest monthly climate summary for the lower 48 states was released this week. It shows that for the region as a whole, the temperature was in the middle third of all years since 1895, and the precipitation was exactly average. There was quite a bit of variability across the US, however. The Southeast was much warmer than normal, and most of it was also wetter than normal, although there were some dry spots. You can read the press release at https://www.noaa.gov/news/us-endured-record-wildfires-historic-hurricanes-in-october and the full report at https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/national-climate-202010.

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