Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Western Region for June–August 2024. Dated September 2024.
Summer temperatures were above normal for most of the West except for isolated areas along the California, Oregon, and Washington coasts. California and Arizona saw their warmest summers on record with Nevada, Utah, and New Mexico having their second warmest on record. Precipitation was below normal for most of California, Nevada, Oregon, and Idaho.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Missouri River Basin for June–August 2024. Dated September 2024.
Temperatures were slightly above normal this summer for most of the Basin. Precipitation this summer was mixed, with areas in the northern High Plains missing out on most of the rain.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Southeast and Caribbean Region for June–August 2024. Dated September 2024. (Updated October 2024 to add Spanish translation of Caribbean information.)
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Mid-Atlantic Region for June–August 2024. Dated September 2024.
Average temperatures for the 2024 summer season were either 0–2°F or 2–4°F above normal across the Mid-Atlantic region. Precipitation amounts varied both across the region and over the course of the summer season. Some locations saw as little as 50%–75% of normal rainfall while others experienced over 150% of normal precipitation.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for Alaska and Northwestern Canada for June–August 2024, with an outlook for October–December 2024. Dated September 2024.
Environment and Climate Change Canada, NOAA, and partners 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 U.S. Drought Portal.
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.
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
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Mid-Atlantic Region for March–May 2024. Dated June 2024.
Average temperatures for the 2024 spring season were 2–4°F above normal for the majority of the region. Precipitation amounts varied across the region this spring, with some locations, particularly western Pennsylvania, experiencing greater than 150% of normal precipitation and a few areas receiving between 50% and 75% of normal spring precipitation.