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December 15, 2022

December storms helped, but the drought is not busted yet.

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December 15, 2022

Cold, Wet Start to Western Snow Season Except in Parts of the Southwest

November 17, 2022

Little Change in Drought Conditions Early in the Water Year

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Research: Chími nukárihihi (Let’s Get Ready): Collaborative Climate Change and Drought Response Monitoring and Implementation

October 18, 2022

Water Year 2022 Closes Third Year of Drought as Fourth Year Looms.

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October 4, 2022
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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). 

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September 22, 2022
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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Western Region for June–August 2022. Dated September 2022.

Temperatures were above normal across the entire West with many long-term stations in the top five warmest summers on record. Most of the West saw near-normal or above-normal precipitation this summer.

August 19, 2022

Southern California-Nevada Benefits from the Monsoon, but Severe Drought (D2) or Worse Continues.

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July 19, 2022
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Compared to one year ago, the area in drought in the western U.S. shrank from 89% to 73%, while the area in Exceptional Drought (D4) dropped from 25% to 7%. Spring storms in the Pacific Northwest and Northern Rockies removed drought in parts of those regions. A robust summer monsoon has improved drought in parts of the Southwest, especially western New Mexico. The Southwest, California, and even parts of the Northwest have been stuck in a 20+ year megadrought, influenced by climate change.

June 23, 2022

Drought heats up into summer as impacts are widely felt.

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