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The year 2021 was marked by climate extremes across the U.S., including exceptional warmth, devastating severe weather, and the second-highest number of billion-dollar weather and climate disasters on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). In fact, a record warm December 2021 initiated a pair of devastating tornado outbreaks and caused two of the year's $20 billion disaster events.