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January 8, 2025

Record-Setting Warm and Dry Conditions Bring Snow Drought to Arizona, New Mexico, and Alaska

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December 20, 2024
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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Western Region for September–November 2024. Dated December 2024.

Autumn temperatures were above normal across the West, and every state except for Oregon had a top ten warmest autumn since 1895. Northern California, southern Oregon, central Montana, and northeast New Mexico all saw areas of well-above-normal precipitation in autumn. Southeast California, southern Nevada, and western Arizona were exceptionally dry.

December 11, 2024

Winter Kicks Off With a Mix of Snowpack Conditions in the West

Visualizing Ecological Drought Impacts, Vulnerabilities, and Drivers to Inform Deliberate Decision-Making

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September 23, 2024
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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.

August 29, 2024

 Drought—and Its Impacts—Intensified, But Relief May Arrive This Fall. 

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September 5, 2024
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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

July 25, 2024

Drought and Its Impacts Define Summer in the Pacific Northwest

July 10, 2024

Drought Expected to Develop, Persist Across Many Pacific Northwest Tribal Lands This Summer

We’d love to hear from you! You are invited to join NIDIS and partners for a webinar on July 25, 2024 at 10 a.m. PT, which will include an update on conditions and an open discussion on your needs as they relate to drought management support. 

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June 24, 2024
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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Western Region for March–May 2024. Dated June 2024.

Spring temperatures were generally near normal or below normal for most of the West. Precipitation was near-to-above normal for most of the West with north-central Arizona and southeast Montana much above normal.

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