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IOWAMINNESOTAMO.ARK.LA.
TEXASOKLAHOMAKANSASNEBR.SOUTH DAKOTANORTH DAKOTAWYOMINGMONTANACOLORADO
UTAHARIZONA NEW
MEXICONEVADAIDAHO
OREGONWASH.CALIFORNIAHighest temperature
recorded at this location 13 to 24 weeks
1 to 12 weeks
No severe droughtLowest temperature
Highest precipitation25 weeks or moreRecord-breaking
weather, 2021Counties in severe
drought, 2021SSTTAATTEESS
UUNNITITEEDD
SWELTERING HEAT
The Northwest reported
some 200 heat- related
deaths in June. It was
the hottest June in the
U.S. since recordkeeping
began in 1894.WATER WOES
In January 2022 the first
ever federal water cuts
are scheduled to start
in Arizona and Nevada
amid a historic drought
in the West.
90 %
of the West was in
drought in August,
the largest percent-
age recorded in the
21st century.NOT SHOWN: HAWAII (MAUI HAD 26 WEEKS OF SEVERE DROUGHT) AND ALASKA (GROUSE CREEK AND ALYESKA
BROKE PRECIPITATION RECORDS). INCLUDES ONLY STATIONS WITH AT LEAST 30 YEARS OF RECORDED DATA
Sand Lake, WY: 99°F
Largest increase in high
temperature, 14 degrees
warmer than 2006 recordBattiest, OK: -14°F
Murfreesboro, AR: -12°F
Largest decreases in low
temperature, 10 degrees
colder than 1989 records2021: THE OUTLIER
A winter cold snap, a summer
heat wave, and heavy rainfall made
2021 the most record-breaking
year of the past two decades.
Records and drought data as of Oct. 31, 20212001 20110
2021
426330 329Record-breaking
daily weather events