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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Gulf of Maine Region - September 2020

Document Author

NOAA/NIDIS

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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Gulf of Maine Region - September 2020 (1.37 MB)

Document Date

September 18, 2020

Document Type

Outlooks

Document Description

Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Gulf of Maine Region for June – August 2020. Dated September 2020.

Summer was hotter and drier than normal across the region. Caribou and Portland, ME; Kejimkujik (National Park), N.S.; and Moncton, N.B., had their hottest summer on record, while Concord, NH; Yarmouth, N.S.; and Fredericton and St. John, N.B., had one of their five hottest. Charlottetown, P.E.I., and Bas-Caraquet, N.B., had their driest summer on record, while several other sites including Caribou, ME, and Summerside, P.E.I., had one of their five driest.

NOAA’s Regional Climate Services Program 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.

Preview of the Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook

Partner(s)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

State(s)

Maine

Massachusetts

New Hampshire

DEWS Region(s)

Northeast

Climate Region(s)

Northeast Climate Region