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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Midwest Region - December 2020

Document Author

NOAA/NIDIS

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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Midwest Region - December 2020 (1.57 MB)

Document Date

December 23, 2020

Document Type

Outlooks

Document Description

Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Midwest Region for September – November 2020. Dated December 2020.

Precipitation totals in the Midwest ranged from less than 50% of normal in northwestern Minnesota to more than 150% of normal in eastern Iowa. Many areas were near normal. Fall temperatures were within 2°F of normal across the Midwest. After more than 1,000 record low daily temperatures in the last half of October, the first 11 days of November saw more than 1,500 record-high daily temperatures.

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.

First page of the Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Midwest Region

Partner(s)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

State(s)

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kentucky

Michigan

Minnesota

Missouri

Ohio

Wisconsin

DEWS Region(s)

Midwest

Climate Region(s)

Midwest Climate Region