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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Pacific Region - September 2024
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Pacific Region for June–August 2024. Dated September 2024.
For the June-August period, precipitation was normal to above normal across areas of the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI) including Palau, portions of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), western portions of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), and American Samoa. Below-normal rainfall was observed in areas closer to the equator in FSM and in the Marianas.
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.