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SELECTED SIGNIFICANT CLIMATE EVENTS AND ANOMALIES IN 2017

Temperature extreme
Rainfall deficit
Heavy rainfall
Severe  storm
Sea ice extent

Contiguous U.S.
Third warmest year, after 2012 and 2016

Arctic: Smallest annual maximum extent during growth season

Canada: Record wildfire season in British Columbia

Europe Fifth warmest year

Bahrain Monthly temperature record for Apr, Jul, Aug, Sep

Russia Second wettest year since 1900

Mexico Highest ever Jan-Oct temperature

China Warmest Jan-Sep period

Hurricane Harvey Record rainfall totals in areas of Texas and Louisiana

Portugal Driest ever Apr-Dec

Thailand Second wettest Jan-Sep

Australia Third warmest year since 1910
 
Africa: Fourth warmest year, after 2010, 2016 and 2015

Argentina Warmest year since records began

Hurricanes Irma and Maria  Major destruction across Caribbean

Antarctic: Reached smallest minimum extent on record during melt season




Sources: AAAS, AFP, NOAA    © GRAPHIC NEWS