Regional Climates [in “State of the Climate in 2022“]

This chapter provides summaries of the 2022 temperature and precipitation conditions across
seven broad regions: North America, Central America and the Caribbean, South America, Africa,
Europe and the Middle East, Asia, and Oceania. In most cases, summaries of notable weather
events are also included. Local scientists provided the annual summary for their respective
regions and, unless otherwise noted, the source of the data used is typically the agency affiliated
with the authors. The base period used for these analyses is 1991–2020, unless otherwise stated.
Please note that on occasion different nations, even within the same section, may use unique
periods to define their normal. Section introductions typically define the prevailing practices for
that section, and exceptions will be noted within the text. In a similar way, many contributing
authors use languages other than English as their primary professional language. To minimize
additional loss of fidelity through re-interpretation after translation, editors have been conser-
vative and careful to preserve the voice of the author. In some cases, this may result in abrupt
transitions in style from section to section