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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Prairies and High Plains - September 2025

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ECCC and NOAA

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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Prairies and High Plains - September 2025 (1.1 MB)

Document Date

September 24, 2025

Document Type

Outlooks

Document Description

Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Canadian and U.S. Prairies and High Plains for June–August 2025, with an outlook for October–December 2025. Dated September 2025.

Summer brought mostly near normal temperatures across the Prairies and High Plains, with a small pocket of cooler conditions in the southern parts of North Dakota and slightly warmer along the southeastern High Plains. The Prairies and High Plains saw varied precipitation over the region, with some areas observing much wetter than normal conditions, while others remain near normal or very dry.

ECCC, NOAA, and partners 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.