Re mentions of recent weather disasters above (more newsworthy than lots of what's reported) NOAA has issued a new report on recent Weather Events in the US.

The "news version" is at:

April's weather extremes 'never before' seen, US experts say

The interesting, albeit rather long and tedious to read, actual report may be of interest at:

the report by experts at the National Climatic Data Center.

The actual report does say that the "number of signficiant events" in April was unusual for a single month.

John