Excerpt: “Key Points: 1) There were 28 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disaster events identified during 2023—the highest annual disaster count in the 44-year record; 2) The average annual temperature of the contiguous U.S. was 54.4°F, which is 2.4°F above average and ranking fifth warmest on record; 3) Annual precipitation for the contiguous U.S. was 29.46 inches, 0.48 inch below average, ranking in the driest third of the historical record; 4) The Atlantic basin saw 20 named tropical cyclones during 2023—ranking fourth for the most named tropical systems in a year since 1950; 5) The preliminary tornado count for 2023 was above average with 1,197 tornadoes reported and an additional 97 preliminary tornadoes still under verification for the October 1 to December 31 period; 6) A wildfire broke out on the island of Maui on August 8, becoming the deadliest wildfire in the U.S. in over a century. …”
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