Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Missouri River Basin - December 2025
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Missouri River Basin for September–November 2025. Dated December 2025.
Primarily driven by warmer low temperatures, it was exceptionally hot this fall throughout the entire Basin. A total of 144 counties ranked in the top three warmest falls, while 40 of those ranked as the warmest. Precipitation this fall was hit or miss across the Basin.
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.