21. Oct, 2010
For the contiguous U.S., there were large regional variations in precipitation in September 2010. Wyoming had its driest September in the 116-year record, and three other states had top-ten driest Septembers–Louisiana, Mississippi, and Florida. Minnesota had its wettest September on record, and five other states had a top-ten wettest September–North Dakota, South Dakota, Washington, Wisconsin, and Missouri.
Tags: climate change impact, precipitation, USA
Many events are linked to climate change by virtue of fitting a long-term trend. For example, the record-breaking “once in one thousand years” rains that drove the recent Nashville flood is part of the long-term trend of increasing heavy precipitation events in the Southeastern United States that has been fully documented and firmly attributed to climate change. While one cannot say with certainly that event was "caused" by climate change, one can and should say it is linked to climate change.
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