U.S. Had 18 Billion-Dollar Disasters In 2022

The large coverage and long duration of drought conditions across the U.S. set several records in 2022.

The year was also marked by numerous severe weather events, devastating hurricanes and deadly flooding across parts of the country.

Here is a summary of the climate and extreme weather events across the U.S. in 2022:

The average annual temperature across the contiguous U.S. was 53.4 degrees F — 1.4 degrees above the 20th-century average — ranking in the warmest third of the 128-year record.

Florida and Rhode Island both saw their fifth-warmest calendar year on record while Massachusetts ranked sixth warmest. Four additional states experienced a top-10 warmest year on record -- California, Connecticut, Maine and New Hampshire. Alaska saw its 16th-warmest year in the 98-year record for the state.