Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Midwest Region for June–August 2024. Dated September 2024.
Summer temperatures were near normal for the majority of the region, except in Ohio and central Kentucky where temperatures were 1–2°F above normal. Summer precipitation (June, July, and August combined) for the Midwest was slightly above normal overall, with precipitation 125%–175% of normal across the northwest, decreasing to 50%–75% of normal across the southeast.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Northeast Region for June–August 2024. Dated September 2024.
The Northeast had its fourth-hottest summer at 1.8°F above normal. It was record hot for two states and among the 12 hottest for the other 10 Northeast states. The Northeast's summer precipitation was 102% of normal, in the middle third of all years.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Southern Region for June–August 2024. Dated September 2024.
Summer 2024 temperatures were above normal for the western portions of the Southern region, with most stations running 3°F to 5°F above normal. Precipitation was below normal in the western and eastern portions of the region during Summer 2024, with the west observing 5% to 50% of normal precipitation. In the east, 50% to 90% of normal was more common.
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 Canadian and U.S. Prairies and High Plains for June–August 2024, with an outlook for October–December 2024. Dated September 2024.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Great Lakes Region for June–August 2024. Dated September 2024.
Summer temperatures ranged from near normal to 2°C (4°F) above normal, particularly in the southern Ontario basin. Summer featured near- or above-average rainfall for all basins, with the overall basin seeing 113% of average.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Gulf of Maine Region for June–August 2024. Dated September 2024.
Summer was up to 4°C (7°F) warmer than normal. It was record hot for some sites like Caribou, Maine, and Fredericton, N.B., and among the 10 hottest for others. Precipitation for summer ranged from 50% of normal to 175% of normal.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Gulf Coast Region for June–August 2024. Dated September 2024.
Summer temperatures were above normal across the Gulf Coast Region with temperatures 1°F to 4°F above normal in most locations. The greatest departures were seen along the Mississippi and Florida Gulf Coasts where departures of 3°F to 4°F were common. Precipitation was mixed across the Region during summer.
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 (NWS) and National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), and the California-Nevada Adaptation Program, a NOAA CAP team, to deliver a user-oriented and evidence-based approach to drought early warning for sectors of our Nation’s economy susceptible to the hazards of too much and too little water.
In September 2023, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA's) National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation convened the Workshop for Building Drought Resilience in a Changing Climate with Upper Columbia and Missouri Basin Tribes. This workshop, which built off of existing investments to advance the