Extreme Weather Watch Blog

Another year has flown by. 2023 is history, which means its time to look at the weather records which were broken during the calendar year. As expected, there were more heat records than cold records, but we can still spice it up with lots of variety. Without further ado, here are the records!

You may have heard that Phoenix gets hot sometimes. July 2023 was something else. Read more about the hottest month in history for the hottest major city in the United States.

2022 is in the books, and just like every year, weather records were set all over the world. Since the world is getting warmer, more heat records are being set than cold records, but there's still lots of variety to go around. Let's take a look at some of the notable records that were set in 2022.

Here are 10 interesting nuggets about instances of extreme weather in the United States.

Earlier, we brought you Places that Set Heat Records in 2021, including the hottest temperature ever reliably recorded on Earth. But 2021 had some wacky weather and now its time to look at places that set records for the coldest temperature recorded in their history. What did we find?

What's the coldest incorporated place in each state of the United States? We took a look at NOAA data from 1991–2020 to find the cities and towns that had the coolest average temperature. Here's what we found.

What's the hottest incorporated place in each state of the United States? We took a look at NOAA data from 1991–2020 to find the cities and towns that had the warmest average temperature. Here's what we found.

We all know that Minnesota gets very cold in the winter, and that summers often arrive late in the season. Throughout the state, freezing temperatures and snow are not uncommon even in May. But does Minnesota ever get snow in June?

What's the driest populated place in each state of the United States? We took a look at NOAA data from 1991–2020 to find the cities and towns that received the least precipitation in an average year. Here's what we found.

What's the rainiest populated place in each state of the United States? We took a look at NOAA data from 1991–2020 to find the places that had the most precipitation in an average year. Here's what we found.

2021 is nearly in the books, and there (hopefully) won't be any more heat records set in the northern hemisphere this year. So let's take a look at the places that rewrote the record books in 2021, setting a new mark for the all-time highest temperature ever measured.