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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Western Region - March 2026
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NOAA
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Outlooks
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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Western Region for December 2025–February 2026. Dated March 2026.
Winter temperatures were much above average for all of the West and record breaking for many locations. Drier-than-average conditions occurred for much of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming, with some areas receiving less than 25% of average precipitation.
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.
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Arizona,
California,
Colorado,
Idaho,
Montana,
New Mexico,
Nevada,
Oregon,
Utah,
Washington,
Wyoming Climate Region(s)
Western Climate Region