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  September 2023 was remarkably warm and quite dry across the contiguous United States.   The month also brought record heat and flooding rains to parts of the nation, according to scientists from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information.   Below are highlights from NOAA’s September U.S. climate report:   Climate by the numbers   September 2023   The average September temperature across the contiguous U.S. was 67.8 degrees F — 2.9 degrees above the 20th-century average — making it the seventh-warmest September in NOAA’s 129-year climate record.   New Mexico and Texas both saw their warmest Septembers on record, while Minnesota had its second warmest. An additional 10 states saw their top-10 warmest Septembers on record.   The average precipitation last month was 2.10 inches (0.39 of an inch below average), ranking the month in the driest third of all Septembers in the historical record.   Ohio had its fifth-drie...

The Data Scientist Job Outlook in 2023 – Research on 1,000 LinkedIn Job Postings Is data science still the sexiest job of the 21st century? Where do data scientists work? How much do they earn? What skills are required for a successful data science career? What are the next in-demand tools and techniques in the field?   We studied 1,000 LinkedIn job postings to answer these questions. We extracted information about the companies and industries with the most data scientist positions, the required education and skills, and other expectations. Read on to find out more about the data scientist job outlook in 2023.   The Data Scientist Job Outlook Key Findings The employment rate for data scientists will grow by 36% from 2021 to 2031. 49% of the job ads on LinkedIn are in the IT & Tech industry. 6% of the data scientist job offers on LinkedIn are in California. Only 33% of job ads specifically require a data science degree. The most in-demand technical skills for data s...