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June 9, 2022

Snow season ends with above-normal snowpack for much of the Northwest and Northern Rockies while the drought crisis worsens in California and the Southwest.

 

May 5, 2022

April storms boost late-season snowpack in the Northwest and Northern Rockies while snow drought worsens in the Southwest

April 7, 2022

Snow Drought Hits Most of the West for the Second Straight Year and California for the Third Straight Year

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March 21, 2022
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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for Alaska and Northwestern Canada for December 2021 - February 2022, with an outlook for April - June 2022.  Dated March 2022. 

From December 2021 to February 2022, most of Alaska, Yukon, Northwest Territories and northern British Columbia received record to near record precipitation. Winter temperatures have been mostly below normal. 

March 10, 2022

Snow Drought Expands as Western U.S. Is Running Out of Time to Replenish Water Supplies

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March 1, 2022
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Although southeast Alaska is one of the rainiest areas in North America, it was plagued by drought from October 2016 to December 2019. “Extreme drought” was declared by the U.S. Drought Monitor in summer 2019. 

This two-page summary focuses on drought impacts in Southeast Alaska and is part of a collection of two-page summaries discussing the findings of the Southeast Alaska Drought Project

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March 1, 2022
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Although southeast Alaska is one of the rainiest areas in North America, it was plagued by drought from October 2016 to December 2019. “Extreme drought” was declared by the U.S. Drought Monitor in summer 2019. 

This two-page summary focuses on the causes of drought in Southeast Alaska and is part of a collection of two-page summaries discussing the findings of the Southeast Alaska Drought Project

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March 1, 2022
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Although southeast Alaska is one of the rainiest areas in North America, it was plagued by drought from October 2016 to December 2019. “Extreme drought” was declared by the U.S. Drought Monitor in summer 2019. 

February 10, 2022

The faucet has been shut off across much of the West after a promising wet and snowy start to the season.

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March 1, 2022
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Although southeast Alaska is one of the rainiest areas in North America, it was plagued by drought from October 2016 to December 2019. “Extreme drought” was declared by the U.S. Drought Monitor in summer 2019. 

This two-page summary focuses on the future of drought in Southeast Alaska and is part of a collection of two-page summaries discussing the findings of the Southeast Alaska Drought Project

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