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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Gulf Coast Region - March 2026

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NOAA

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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Gulf Coast Region - March 2026 (1.48 MB)

Document Date

March 24, 2026

Document Type

Outlooks

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

Winter temperatures were mixed for the Gulf Coast Region with temperatures well above normal in the west and below normal in the east. Winter was dry across a large majority of stations in the Gulf Region.

NOAA’s Regional Climate Services Program creates 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.