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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Western Region - September 2020

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NOAA/NIDIS

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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Western Region - September 2020 (1.01 MB)

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September 21, 2020

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Outlooks

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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Western Region for June – August 2020. Dated September 2020.

Summer temperatures were well above normal in California, Nevada, the Four Corners and Wyoming. Pacific Northwest and Montana temperatures were near normal or above normal with a few small pockets below normal. Large areas of the West observed a drier than normal summer with southeast California into Arizona being the driest. This is the second year in a row with “missing” monsoon rains.

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.