Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Pacific Region - September 2023
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Pacific Region for June–August 2023. Dated September 2023.
For the June–August period, precipitation was above normal across much of the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands, including Palau, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and in the Federated States of Micronesia. Conversely, drier-than-normal conditions were observed across areas of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, American Samoa, and the Hawaiian Islands.
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.