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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Southern Region - December 2017

Document Author

NIDIS/NOAA

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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Southern Region - December 2017 (1.35 MB)

Document Date

December 1, 2017

Document Type

Outlooks

Document Description

Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Southern Region for September – November 2017. Dated December 2017.

It was a warmer-than-normal autumn for the Southern Region, with all six states reporting warmer-than-normal temperatures for September, October, and November collectively. The year 2017, at this point (January–November), is the second warmest year on record for the Southern Region. Precipitation was below normal throughout the center of the region. Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and areas of Oklahoma and Texas had below-normal precipitation. Tennessee had areas of above-normal precipitation.

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 at https://www.drought.gov/drought/resources/reports.

Example image of the Climate Impacts and Outlooks report

State(s)

Arkansas

Louisiana

Mississippi

Oklahoma

Tennessee

Texas

Climate Region(s)

Southern Climate Region