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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Western Region - March 2018

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NOAA/NIDIS, Nina Oakley
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Outlooks
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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Western Region for December 2017 – February 2018. Dated March 2018. 

Temperatures were well above normal in the Southwest: Arizona, California, New Mexico, Utah, and Nevada all had top-10 warmest December-February on record.  Dry conditions dominated the Southwest as well: California, Nevada, and Utah had bottom-10 driest December-February on record.

NOAA’s Regional Climate Services Program 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 Drought Portal at  https://www.drought.gov/drought/resources/reports.

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Western Climate Region