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

Document Author

NOAA

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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Gulf of Maine Region - March 2026 (1.6 MB)

Document Date

March 20, 2026

Document Type

Outlooks

Document Description

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

Winter featured below- to near-normal temperatures and below- to near-normal precipitation for much of the region. It was the coldest winter in over 10 years for some New England sites and the second-driest winter on record for Fredericton, N.B. Winter snowfall varied, with Boston, Massachusetts, having its ninth-snowiest 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 Drought Portal.

Example image of the quarterly climate impact and outlook report.

Partner(s)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Northeast Regional Climate Center

State(s)

Maine

Massachusetts

New Hampshire

DEWS Region(s)

Northeast

Climate Region(s)

Northeast Climate Region