Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for Alaska and Northwestern Canada - March 2018

Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for Alaska and Northwestern Canada for December 2017 – February 2018; outlook for April – June 2018.  Dated March 2018.   

The majority of Alaska, northern Yukon, and the western part of the Northwest Territories were significantly warmer than average between December 2017 and February 2018. Most of the remainder of the region had, on average, near normal temperatures, except for a small area in central British Columbia where temperatures averaged below normal. Total precipitation was above average over the majority of Alaska, northern and southern Yukon, northwestern Northwest Territories, and over a small area in northeastern British-Columbia, while below normal precipitation was observed over the northwestern portion of British-Columbia and southeastern Northwest Territories.

NOAA’s Regional Climate Services Program and partners created these Climate Outlooks to inform the public about recent climate impacts within their respective regions. Each regional report contains easy-to-understand language, and anyone can access them through the Drought Portal at https://www.drought.gov/drought/resources/reports.