Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Pacific Region - March 2025
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Pacific Region for December 2024–February 2025. Dated March 2025.
For the December–February period, above-normal precipitation was observed across areas of the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI), including portions of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), American Samoa, and Palau. Conversely, below-normal rainfall was observed in areas of FSM, including Yap, as well as in the Mariana Islands, where Moderate to Severe Drought (D1–D2) developed in Guam, Rota, and Saipan during February.
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.
