(CNN) An Alaskan heat wave. A Hawaiian winter storm. A deluge in Nebraska that turned towns into islands.

This year's extreme weather broke more than 120,000 daily records across the US -- from temperatures to precipitation and snowfall records, according to the National Climatic Data Center

While the total number of daily records aren't that unusual compared to previous years, meteorologist Guy Walton told CNN, the bigger picture is.

"We should see the wettest year in recorded history, or at least since records have been kept in 1895," Walton said, who has spent more than 30 years as a meteorologist.

The Midwest was particularly hit hard earlier this year , with large areas under water. The flooding devastated farms in parts of Nebraska and Iowa, killing livestock and ruining harvests.