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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Midwest Region - December 2021

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NOAA/NIDIS

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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Midwest Region - December 2021 (1.43 MB)

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December 27, 2021

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Outlooks

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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Midwest Region for September - November 2021. Dated December 2021.

Above-normal temperatures prevailed across the Midwest during the fall. Average temperatures were 2.6°F above-normal, ranking the 6th warmest dating back to 1895. Although fall precipitation averaged near-normal for the Midwest as a whole, it was highly variable by region and by month.

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.