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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Great Lakes Region for June–August 2025. Dated September 2025.
Summer air temperature was up to 2°C (4°F) warmer than normal. Record warm June-July low temperatures were measured in 12 U.S. counties surrounding the Great Lakes. Summer precipitation ranged from 25% of normal to 200% of normal.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Northeast Region for June–August 2025. Dated September 2025.
The Northeast had its ninth-hottest summer at 1.2°F above normal. The Northeast had its 19th-driest summer with 78% of normal rainfall. It was among the 20 driest for four states, with New Hampshire being record dry.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Gulf of Maine Region for June–August 2025. Dated September 2025.
Summer temperatures ranged from near normal to 3°C (5°F) above normal for most areas, with Concord, New Hampshire, having its 10th hottest summer. Summer precipitation ranged from 25% of normal to 90% of normal, with Saint John, N.B., having a record dry summer and several other sites having one of their 10 driest.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for Alaska and Northwestern Canada for June–August 2025, with an outlook for October–December 2025. Dated September 2025.
ECCC, NOAA, and partners created these outlooks to inform the public about recent impacts within their respective regions. Each regional report contains easy-to-understand language, and anyone can access them through the U.S. Drought Portal.
This 2-page summary provides an overview of the Mississippi River Drought and Water Dashboard on drought.gov.
The Mississippi River provides drinking water for millions of Americans, supports hundreds of fish and bird species, and is one of the world’s most important commercial waterways, with an extensive transportation network moving food and other goods.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Pacific Region for June–August 2025. Dated September 2025.
NOAA’s National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) and Physical Sciences Laboratory are partnering with the California State Climatologist/California Department of Water Resources, NOAA’s National Weather Service and National Centers for Environmental Information, and the California-Nevada Adaptation Program (a NOAA CAP team) on the Sector-Specific Drought Early Warning Outlook – Southern California Pilot.
Given the broad interest and need to better understand and plan for ecological drought in the Southeast, the U.S. Geological Survey's Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), in support of the Southeast Drought Early Warning System, convened a 2-day workshop in January 2025. This workshop brought together scientists and managers from diverse fields, to address drought and low-flow in the Southeast and its impacts to aquatic systems across the region.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Mid-Atlantic Region for March–May 2025. Dated June 2025.
NOAA’s National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) and Physical Sciences Laboratory are partnering with the California State Climatologist/California Department of Water Resources, NOAA’s National Weather Service and National Centers for Environmental Information, and the California-Nevada Adaptation Program (a NOAA CAP team) on the Sector-Specific Drought Early Warning Outlook – Southern California Pilot.