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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Pacific Region for June–August 2024. Dated September 2024.
For the June-August period, precipitation was normal to above normal across areas of the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI) including Palau, portions of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), western portions of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), and American Samoa. Below-normal rainfall was observed in areas closer to the equator in FSM and in the Marianas.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Pacific Region for March–May 2024. Dated June 2024.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Pacific Region for December 2023–February 2024. Dated March 2024.
For the Dec-Feb (DJF) period, above-normal rainfall was observed across American Samoa, while drier-than-normal conditions prevailed across much of FSM, RMI, Mariana Islands, and the Hawaiian Islands. For the DJF period, moderate to severe drought conditions (D1-D2) were observed in areas of USAPI including Guam, CNMI (Rota, Saipan), FSM (Pingelap, Woleai, Ulithi, Yap Proper), and RMI (Kwajalein, Wotje).
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Pacific Region for September–November 2023. Dated December 2023.
For the Sept-Nov (SON) period, precipitation was above normal across much of the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI) including Palau, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), and in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). Conversely, drier-than-normal conditions were observed across areas of the Republic of the Marshal Islands (RMI), American Samoa, and the Hawaiian Islands.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Pacific Region for June–August 2023. Dated September 2023.
For the June–August period, precipitation was above normal across much of the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands, including Palau, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and in the Federated States of Micronesia. Conversely, drier-than-normal conditions were observed across areas of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, American Samoa, and the Hawaiian Islands.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Pacific Region for March–May 2023. Dated June 2023.
For the March–May period, precipitation was above-normal across much of the Hawaiian Islands and U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI) including Guam, which observed its wettest March–May and May on record.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Pacific Region for December 2022–February 2023. Dated March 2023.
For the December–February period, precipitation was near-normal to above-normal across most of the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI) and the Hawaiian Islands.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Pacific Region for September–November 2022. Dated December 2022.
For the September–November period, precipitation was near-to-above normal in Palau, Guam, Saipan, American Samoa, and areas of both FSM (Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei) and the Republic of the MarshalI Islands (RMI; Kwajalein, Majuro). Conversely, below-normal rainfall was observed in areas of the central and southern FSM (Lukunor, Kapingamarangi) as well as across much of the Hawaiian Islands.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Pacific Region for June–August 2022. Dated September 2022.
For the June–August period, precipitation was above normal in Saipan, isolated areas of both FSM (Kosrae, Pohnpei) and the Republic of the MarshalI Islands (RMI) (Kwajalein), and in American Samoa. Conversely, below-normal rainfall was observed in Palau, Guam, western and southern FSM (Yap, Kapingamarangi), southern RMI (Majuro), and across much of the Hawaiian Islands.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Pacific Region for March–May 2022. Dated June 2022.
For the March–May period, precipitation was above normal in Palau, Saipan, northern areas of FSM (Chuuk, Kosrae, Yap), and in portions of RMI (Kwajalein, Majuro). Conversely, below-normal rainfall was observed in southern FSM (Kapingamarangi), American Samoa, and across much of the Hawaiian Islands (March–April) except for windward areas of the Island of Hawaiʻi where above-normal rainfall for April and May was observed.