Weather whiplash, wildfire smoke, and flooding rains — a look back at the extreme weather of 2023

It’s been a wild ride, with weather extremes that had us running the Shop-Vac in our basements, seeking refuge from unhealthy air, and scratching our heads at a cold snap in the midst of a mild winter. Climate experts say there’s more to come.

The past year has been marked by extreme weather across New England — punctuated by an extreme Arctic blast, followed by relentless rains that even now aren’t letting up.

Scientists say many of these events track with what’s expected with a warming — and already warmer — planet.

The mid-December storm, which inundated the East Coast under as much as 7 inches of rain and battered it with high winds, seems to be yet another bullet point in this relentlessly rainy year, which also has the distinction of being Earth’s hottest year in recorded history.

Read more on The Boston Globe.