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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Great Lakes Region - March 2026

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NOAA

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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Great Lakes Region - March 2026 (1.89 MB)

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March 23, 2026

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Outlooks

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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Great Lakes Region for December 2025–February 2026. Dated March 2026.

Winter air temperatures ranged from 3 °C (5 °F) colder than normal to near normal for most areas. Winter precipitation ranged from 50% to 200% of normal, with high variability throughout winter.

NOAA’s Regional Climate Services Program 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 U.S. Drought Portal.