Two-page report on July 2018 Pacific Northwest U.S. drought conditions, impacts, and outlook and wildfires.

Two-page report on September 2018 Pacific Northwest U.S. drought conditions, impacts, and outlook and wildfires.

Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Western Region for June – August 2020.  Dated September 2020.

Summer temperatures were well above normal in California, Nevada, the Four Corners and Wyoming. Pacific Northwest and Montana temperatures were near normal or above normal with a few small pockets below normal. Large areas of the West observed a drier than normal summer with southeast California into Arizona being the driest. This is the second year in a row with “missing” monsoon rains.

Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Western Region for September – November 2019.  Dated December 2019.

Autumn temperatures were well below normal across the northern tier of the region while near to above normal temperatures were observed across California and the Southwest.  Several areas of the West reported below normal autumn precipitation including northern California, eastern Utah, and western Colorado. Montana, northern Wyoming, northwestern Utah, and the Southwest reported above normal precipitation.