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Severe weather can occur under a variety of situations, but three characteristics are generally needed: a temperature or moisture boundary, moisture, and (in the event of severe, precipitation-based events) instability in the atmosphere.
The global weather phenomenon El Niño, in which surface waters are abnormally warm in the eastern tropical Pacific, was a major player in many of the top weather events in 2023.
Severe weather is any dangerous meteorological phenomenon with the potential to cause damage, serious social disruption, or loss of human life. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] These vary depending on the latitude , altitude , topography , and atmospheric conditions.
Christopher C. Burt, a weather historian writing for Weather Underground, believes that the 1913 Death Valley reading is "a myth", and is at least 2.2 or 2.8 °C (4 or 5 °F) too high. [13] Burt proposes that the highest reliably recorded temperature on Earth could still be at Death Valley, but is instead 54.0 °C (129.2 °F) recorded on 30 ...
Rare weather phenomena brings lightning during winter storm. Eric Lagatta and Doyle Rice, USA TODAY. January 6, 2025 at 10:23 AM ... the founding editor of USA TODAY's weather page, said in 2022 ...
An unusual weather phenomenon happened in the middle of the night around Lubbock, Texas. Temperatures, which had fallen into the lower 70s F at 3:30 a.m. CDT, suddenly spiked into the lower 90s in ...
The following is a list of weather events that occurred on Earth in the year 2023. The year saw a transition from La Niña to El Niño , with record high global average surface temperatures . There were several natural disasters around the world from various types of weather, including blizzards , cold waves , droughts , heat waves , wildfires ...
The Copernicus Programme reported that 2024 continued 2023's series of record high global average sea surface temperatures. [6]2024 Southeast Asia heat wave. For the first time, in each month in a 12-month period (through June 2024), Earth’s average temperature exceeded 1.50 °C (2.70 °F) above the pre-industrial baseline.