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Earth experienced 6th hottest year on record in 2021, but 4th hottest for United States

Last year wasn't quite as hot as 2020, due in part to a cooling La Niña pattern that persisted through much of 2021.

Los Angeles Times – by Hayley Smith

The year 2021 was marked not only by extreme weather events nationwide and in the West — it was also the Earth’s sixth-hottest year on record, federal officials announced Thursday.

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