According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 18 extreme weather events that cost at least one billion dollars occurred in the United States in 2022. They also report that in the past ten years, the United States has spent over 1.1 trillion dollars on 152 billion dollar weather events.
The surface tempertature for this July was the warmest on record
The past nine Julys have been the warmest Julys on record
It is "virtually certain" that this year will be within the top 5 warmest years on record
There is a 50% probability that it will even be the warmest year on record