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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Midwest Region - September 2020

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NOAA/NIDIS

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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Midwest Region - September 2020 (1.55 MB)

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September 22, 2020

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Outlooks

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uarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Midwest Region for June – August 2020. Dated September 2020.

Temperatures were above normal, particularly in the northern half of the Midwest. For the region, the summer ranked as the 18th warmest in 126 years. Summer precipitation across the region varied considerably. Iowa had its 14th driest summer, while Kentucky recorded its 17th wettest summer.

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.