2024 Was Warmest on Record For US

Here’s a summary from a blog by Guy Walton, @climateguyw

• The 2023–24 winter season ranked warmest on record for the contiguous U.S. with eight states across the Upper Midwest, Great Lakes and Northeast each observing their warmest winter on record. 
• The Smokehouse Creek wildfire burned more than a million acres in the Texas Panhandle and western Oklahoma. The wildfire began on February 26 and has become the largest wildfire in Texas history.
• February 2024 was the third-warmest February on record for the nation and precipitation ranked in the driest third of the historical record for the month.