The Year's Weather – 2020 - Hong Kong Observatory
Globally, 2020 is on track to be one of the three warmest years on record according to the World Meteorological Organization's preliminary assessment. Over the Arctic, the sea-ice extents for July and October 2020 were the lowest on record and the annual minimum in September was also the second lowest. In 2020, various extreme weather events continued to wreak havoc in different parts of the world, including heatwaves in the Australia, Caribbean region, Mexico, South America, western Europe, eastern Mediterranean, Japan, and Siberia; extreme cold events in North America and the southern part of South America; severe drought in the interior of South America, north-central Europe and parts of the southern Africa; extreme rainfall triggered severe flooding in large parts of Africa, South Asia, China, Korean Peninsula, Viet Nam and parts of western Japan; and severe damages and heavy casualties brought by tropical cyclones in the United States, Caribbean region, Central America, India, Bangladesh, Fiji, Vanuatu, the Philippines, Korean Peninsula, western Japan and Viet Nam. Exacerbating by widespread drought and high temperature weather, destructive wildfires ravaged California and Colorado of the United States, northern Siberia, eastern Australia, and western Brazil.
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Globally, 2020 is on track to be one of the three warmest years on record according to the World Meteorological Organization's preliminary assessment. Over the Arctic, the sea-ice extents for July and October 2020 were the lowest on record and the annual minimum in September was also the second lowest. In 2020, various extreme weather events continued to wreak havoc in different parts of the world, including heatwaves in the Australia, Caribbean region, Mexico, South America, western Europe, eastern Mediterranean, Japan, and Siberia; extreme cold events in North America and the southern part of South America; severe drought in the interior of South America, north-central Europe and parts of the southern Africa; extreme rainfall triggered severe flooding in large parts of Africa, South Asia, China, Korean Peninsula, Viet Nam and parts of western Japan; and severe damages and heavy casualties brought by tropical cyclones in the United States, Caribbean region, Central America, India, Bangladesh, Fiji, Vanuatu, the Philippines, Korean Peninsula, western Japan and Viet Nam. Exacerbating by widespread drought and high temperature weather, destructive wildfires ravaged California and Colorado of the United States, northern Siberia, eastern Australia, and western Brazil.
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