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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Gulf Coast Region - December 2024

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NOAA

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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Gulf Coast Region - December 2024 (1.36 MB)

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December 23, 2024

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Outlooks

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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.

NOAA’s Regional Climate Services Program creates 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.