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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Southern Region - March 2026

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NOAA

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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Southern Region - March 2026 (1.24 MB)

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March 23, 2026

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Outlooks

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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Southern Region for December 2025–February 2026. Dated March 2026.

Winter temperatures were well above normal across much of the Southern Region, with stations in the western portions of the Region being four to 8 °F above normal. Anomalies decrease towards the east where temperatures were more moderate. Precipitation was well below normal for almost the entire Southern Region.

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.