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March 18, 2024
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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for Alaska and Northwestern Canada for December 2023–February 2024, with an outlook for April–June 2024. Dated March 2024. 

Environment and Climate Change Canada, NOAA, and partners created these climate outlooks to inform the public about recent climate impacts within their respective regions. Each regional report contains easy-to-understand language, and anyone can access them through the U.S. Drought Portal

March 7, 2024

Storms improved conditions in much of the West. However, snow drought lingers in the Northern Rockies and parts of the Northwest.

February 7, 2024

Snow drought still covers much of the western U.S., with the worst conditions in the northern Rocky Mountains.

January 10, 2024

2024 Begins with Record Low Snow Conditions Across the West—But Help Is on the Way

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December 15, 2023
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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for Alaska and Northwestern Canada for September–November 2023, with an outlook for January–March 2024. Dated December 2023. 

Environment and Climate Change Canada, NOAA, and partners created these climate outlooks to inform the public about recent climate impacts within their respective regions. Each regional report contains easy-to-understand language, and anyone can access them through the U.S. Drought Portal

December 6, 2023

Low Precipitation and Warm Temperatures Drive Western Snow Drought Risk

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September 29, 2023
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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for Alaska and Northwestern Canada for June–August 2023, with an outlook for October–December 2023. Dated September 2023. 

Summer was exceptionally warm across much of northwest Canada and portions of northern and eastern Alaska. For some areas, this was the warmest summer on record, as measured by the daily average temperature for the June through August period.

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June 26, 2023
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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for Alaska and Northwestern Canada for March–May 2023, with an outlook for July–September 2023. Dated June 2023. 

NOAA’s Regional Climate Services Program and partners created these climate outlooks to inform the public about recent climate impacts within their respective regions. Each regional report contains easy-to-understand language, and anyone can access them through the Drought Portal

June 15, 2023

This Year’s Snow Season Wipes Away Drought in Much of the West with the Exception of the Pacific Northwest

May 11, 2023

Rapid Snowmelt in the Pacific Northwest Contrasts with a Slow Melt of the Record Snowpack in the Rest of the West

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