Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Southern Region for September–November 2022. Dated December 2022.
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 Gulf of Maine Region for September - November 2022. Dated December 2022.
Autumn was up to 3°C (5°F) warmer than normal. Autumn was record warm for two sites and among the 10 warmest for other sites. Autumn precipitation ranged from 75% of normal to 150% of normal.
This handout provides information on the typical La Niña winter pattern; the La Niña outlook; potential winter and spring impacts; and comparisons of conditions during previous La Niña years for the Great Lakes region. Updated November 2022.
NOAA’s Regional Climate Services Program created these Outlooks to inform the public about climate impacts within their respective regions. Each regional report contains easy-to-understand language, and anyone can access them through the Drought Portal.
This handout provides information on the typical La Niña winter pattern; the La Niña outlook; potential winter and spring impacts; and comparisons of conditions during previous La Niña years for the Missouri River Basin region. Updated November 2022.
NOAA’s Regional Climate Services Program created these outlooks to inform the public about climate impacts within their respective regions. Each regional report contains easy-to-understand language, and anyone can access them through the Drought Portal.
This handout provides information on the typical La Niña winter pattern; the La Niña outlook; potential impacts; and comparisons of conditions during previous La Niña years for the Midwest U.S. Updated November 2022.
NOAA’s Regional Climate Services Program created these outlooks to inform the public about climate impacts within their respective regions. Each regional report contains easy-to-understand language, and anyone can access them through the Drought Portal.
Despite being a humid region, droughts pose a serious threat to the southeastern United States. Recent events, including flash droughts, have caused substantial impacts to agriculture, forestry, water resources, and other sectors and stakeholders. The drought planning literature cites reduced fragmentation and increased coordination as critical needs to improving drought preparedness and response.
This NIDIS-funded study, led by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder/Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), identified challenges in predicting seasonal water supply during drought years in snow-dominated basins of the western United States due to climate warming.
The 2022–2026 National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) Strategic Plan outlines and advances NIDIS’s approach to building a national drought early warning system (DEWS).
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Mid-Atlantic Region for June–August 2022. Dated September 2022.
Almost all of the watershed experienced temperatures within two degrees of normal, with most experiencing temperatures 0–2 degrees above normal. A few locations along the coast of Virginia, southern Maryland, central Pennsylvania, and southern New York experienced temperatures between 2 and 3 degrees above normal.