Earlier this week NOAA released their monthly climate summary for the United States for January 2023. It shows that due to nine atmospheric river events (!) in late December and in January, parts of the California and other western states reported record rainfall. Meanwhile, most of the eastern US had much warmer than normal temperatures, especially in the Northeast. You can read more and see monthly statistics at https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/national-climate-202301.

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