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

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NOAA

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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Great Lakes Region - September 2026 (1.61 MB)

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September 22, 2026

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Outlooks

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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Great Lakes Region for June–August 2026. Dated September 2026.

Summer temperatures were up to 2°C (4°F) above normal for the region. Precipitation was highly variable. Summer ranged from 25% of normal in the Superior basin to over 150% of normal in the southern Michigan basin.

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.