Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Missouri River Basin for December 2025–February 2026. Dated March 2026.

Temperatures have been exceptionally warm these past few months, with the basin recording its second-warmest winter. Precipitation was predominantly below normal this winter, aside from a few areas that did receive some snow.

Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Western Region for December 2025–February 2026. Dated March 2026.

Winter temperatures were much above average for all of the West and record breaking for many locations. Drier-than-average conditions occurred for much of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming, with some areas receiving less than 25% of average precipitation.

Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Canadian and U.S. Prairies and High Plains for December 2025–February 2026, with an outlook for April–June 2026. Dated March 2026. 

Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Missouri River Basin for September–November 2025. Dated December 2025.

Primarily driven by warmer low temperatures, it was exceptionally hot this fall throughout the entire Basin. A total of 144 counties ranked in the top three warmest falls, while 40 of those ranked as the warmest. Precipitation this fall was hit or miss across the Basin.

Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Western Region for September–November 2025. Dated December 2025.

Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Canadian and U.S. Prairies and High Plains for June–August 2025, with an outlook for October–December 2025. Dated September 2025. 

Summer brought mostly near normal temperatures across the Prairies and High Plains, with a small pocket of cooler conditions in the southern parts of North Dakota and slightly warmer along the southeastern High Plains. The Prairies and High Plains saw varied precipitation over the region, with some areas observing much wetter than normal conditions, while others remain near normal or very dry.