I'd like to take a look back at some of the top weather events in 2020. With everything that has happened, some of these feel like absolutely ages ago! #LookingBackAt2020

Let's start globally: 2020 is likely to be the hottest year on record. Things are looking up, however, as more world leaders have vowed to take more aggressive action on climate change, including US President-Elect Joe Biden.

Severe weather + tornadoes were the most expensive disasters for the US in 2020. The March 2-3 TN tornadoes caused $2.5 billion in damage and took 25 lives, with a notable EF3 tornado striking downtown Nashville causing $1.5 billion in damage and taking 5 lives.

Severe weather continued into April with a significant tornado outbreak on Easter Sunday causing 140 confirmed tornadoes, $3 billion in damage, and 32 fatalities.

This outbreak spawned the strongest, widest, and perhaps most talked-about tornado of 2020. The Bassfield, MS EF4, with winds of 190mph.

It produced one of the most horrifying radar images ever, with a BWER and insane TVS located directly over Bassfield.

Then there was the August Midwest Derecho. Traveling 770 miles in just 14 hours, it caused $7.5 billion dollars in damage, making it the costliest thunderstorm in US history. The peak wind gust was 140mph in Cedar Rapids, IA.

Don't forget the record-breaking 2020 Hurricane season, though. Meteorologists on the Gulf Coast won't!

The 2020 season was the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record, featuring a record 30 named storms, 13 hurricanes, and 6 major hurricanes.

We saw some great hurricanes this year. The satellite imagery never failed to impress. https://twitter.com/weatherdak/status/1328448256175697930?s=20

Let's not forget these two overlapping forecast cones!

Laura and Delta truly devastated the people of southern Louisiana. They made landfall only 14 miles apart, and Delta came as many were roofless.

Then, Sally crawled ashore in Alabama at 2mph as a 105mph category 2 hurricane. It poured 20-30 inches of rain on AL + FL, causing over $6.5 billion in damage. It also prompted a Flash Flood Emergency for over 650,000 people!

And then, the wildfires. California and much of the western US has been burning for much of the year. The August Complex was the first ever gigafire in modern California history, burning over 1,000,000 acres of land.

Then there was the mid-December nor'easter that buried parts of New England in over 40" of snow. We really botched the forecast on that one!

https://twitter.com/adam_gillwx/status/1339550484101812225?s=20

And as we close out the year there is still one more storm. Ice, snow, severe, it has it all. Fitting way to end 2020, I guess.

I've sincerely enjoyed my time on #wxtwitter this year. There has been a lot of insane weather, and I hope 2021 is a bit more tame. Thanks, #wxtwitter, and I can't wait to see you next year!