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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Midwest Region - September 2025

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NOAA

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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Midwest Region - September 2025 (1.19 MB)

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September 22, 2025

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Outlooks

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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Midwest Region for June–August 2025. Dated September 2025.

Average summer temperatures were 1.1°F above normal for the Midwest. More noteworthy were the record and near-record warm minimum temperatures, particularly in June and July. Drought and dryness affected the northern half of the region to start summer. Above-normal rainfall improved conditions region-wide by mid-summer, but dryness and drought rapidly expanded across the lower Midwest during the last half of 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 U.S. Drought Portal.