Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Southern Region for June–August 2025. Dated September 2025.

Summer 2025 temperatures were near normal for the western portions of the Southern Region, while temperatures in the eastern half of the Region were above normal. Summer 2025 saw below average rainfall in the eastern portions of the Region and along the upper Texas coast. Precipitation was well above normal for Central Texas, much of North Texas, northern Oklahoma, Western Arkansas, and Far West Texas. 

Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Gulf Coast Region for June–August 2025. Dated September 2025.

Summer 2025 temperatures were near normal for much of the Gulf Region, with many stations within one degree F of normal. Summer 2025 saw near average rainfall across much of the Region with most stations ranging from 70 percent of 130 percent of normal.

Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Gulf Coast Region for March–May 2025. Dated June 2025.

Spring temperatures were above normal for the entire Gulf Region, with most stations observing 1°F to 5°F above normal. Precipitation was above normal across much of the Gulf Region in spring, with many stations averaging 150% to 300% of normal precipitation in Deep South Texas, Southeast Texas, much of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.

Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Southern Region for March–May 2025. Dated June 2025.

Spring temperatures were above normal for the entirety of the Southern Region, with most stations running 1°F to 4°F above normal. Most of the Southern Region experienced above-normal precipitation for spring. Stations across much of Oklahoma, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, North Texas, Deep South Texas, and the Texas Panhandle received 110% to 300%  of normal precipitation.

Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Southern Region for December 2024–February 2025. Dated March 2025.

Winter 2024-2025 temperatures were near normal for much of the Southern Region, with most stations running 2°F below normal to 2°F above normal. Precipitation was well below normal in the western portions of the region, with 41 counties in Texas and 8 in Oklahoma observing one of their five driest winters on record.

Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Gulf Coast Region for December 2024–February 2025. Dated March 2025.

Winter 2024-2025 temperatures were near normal for much of the Gulf Region, with most stations observing temperatures 2°F below normal to 2°F above normal. Precipitation was below normal in the western and eastern portions of the region and near to slightly above normal in the central portions.

Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Gulf Coast Region for September–November 2024. Dated December 2024.

Fall temperatures were above normal across the Gulf Coast Region with temperatures ranging from 2 °F to 6 °F above normal. Stations in the Texas Panhandle and Central Florida saw 150%–300% of normal precipitation. The precipitation in Florida was associated with multiple tropical systems. Precipitation across Central and Far West Texas was 5%–50% of normal.

Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Southern Region for September–November 2024. Dated December 2024.

Fall temperatures were above normal for the entirety of the Southern Region, with most stations in the Region running 2 °F to 6 °F above normal. Precipitation was mixed across the region during the fall.

Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Gulf Coast Region for June–August 2024. Dated September 2024.

Summer temperatures were above normal across the Gulf Coast Region with temperatures 1°F to 4°F above normal in most locations. The greatest departures were seen along the Mississippi and Florida Gulf Coasts where departures of 3°F to 4°F were common. Precipitation was mixed across the Region during summer.

Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Southern Region for June–August 2024. Dated September 2024.

Summer 2024 temperatures were above normal for the western portions of the Southern region, with most stations running 3°F to 5°F above normal. Precipitation was below normal in the western and eastern portions of the region during Summer 2024, with the west observing 5% to 50% of normal precipitation. In the east, 50% to 90% of normal was more common.