Most of the contiguous U.S. experienced a warming trend over the last 30 years, NOAA says. 'The data is clearly showing the U.S. climate is changing.'
In data from the last three decades, there is much less precipitation in the West, meaning more droughts for Southern California, Nevada and Arizona. Much of the country is getting warmer.Most of the contiguous U.S. experienced a warming trend over the last 30 years, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
However, temperatures cooled in the Northern Plains and upper Midwest, and east of the Rocky Mountains averages in precipitation increased. "The data is clearly showing the U.S. climate is changing," Mike Palecki, project manager for NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information's 1991-to-2020 Climate Normals, told ABC News.Dry cracked earth is visible along the banks of Phoenix Lake during a new drought emergency on April 21, 2021 in Ross, Calif.