State of the Climate in 2010

the report published as a Special Supplement to
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, v.92, no.6, June 2011

is freely available online together with previous editions.

The primary goal of the annual State of the Climate collection of articles is to document the weather and climate events of the most recent calendar year and put them into accurate historical perspective, with a particular focus on unusual or anomalous events.
The State of the Climate series continues to grow in scope and authorship. This edition presents contributions from the largest body of authors to date and brings several new sections to the readership.