Weather in 2020 set records in deadly and costly ways Share Updated: 2:03 PM CST Dec 25, 2020 National Desk Staff Share Updated: 2:03 PM CST Dec 25, 2020
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Show Transcript this year will be remembered for many things, and we might be able to add hottest year on the record to the list. A United Nations report says 2020 is on track to be one of three warmest years ever recorded on the average global temperature is set to be about 1.2 degrees Celsius above pre industrial levels, according to Science Alert. In fact, the period between 2011 and 2020 will likely be the warmest decade on record. The World Meteorological Organization s provisional 2020 State of the Global Climate Report includes started from January to October and is based on input from dozens of experts and organizations, CNN reports the warming is particularly concerning since the La Nina phenomenon typically calls the entire planet s temperatures. The report
Aug. 10 started out as a typical summer day in Northeast and Central Iowa.
But later that morning, the National Weather Serviceâs Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., issued a severe thunderstorm warning â not unusual for that time of year. Midwesterners were used to seasonal thunderstorms, even severe ones, throughout the summer and particularly at summerâs end.
At 10:42 a.m., the National Weather Service upgraded the storm threat, warning of damaging winds of âup to 75+ mph.â By 10:57 a.m., the word âderechoâ was included in the warning. At 11:25, the decision was made to tag the warning with PDS (potentially dangerous situation), a rarity among weather warnings. The threat included warnings of up to 100 mph winds.