Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Midwest Region for March–May 2023. Dated June 2023.
Average spring temperatures were near to slightly above normal for most of the Midwest, except in Minnesota, where temperatures were up to 4°F below normal for spring. Spring precipitation was 80% of normal for the Midwest.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Great Lakes Region for March–May 2023. Dated June 2023.
Spring temperatures ranged from 2°C (4°F) below normal to 1°C (2°F) above normal. Spring precipitation was 90% of average, with the Erie basin being dry, Superior basin being wet, and the other basins near average.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Western Region for March–May 2023. Dated June 2023.
Temperatures were generally cool to cold west-wide, with notable cold anomalies along the California coast and in the interior Intermountain West. With few exceptions, spring was wetter than normal in the western U.S., largely owing to a wet March.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Southern Region for March–May 2023. Dated June 2023.
Spring temperatures were near normal across much of the Southern Region, with most stations averaging 1°F below to 1°F above normal. Along the Gulf Coast, temperatures at many stations were 1°F to 3°F above normal. Below-normal precipitation was common in central Oklahoma, northeastern Texas, the area north and west of San Antonio, far west Texas, eastern Tennessee, and much of Louisiana, with many stations receiving 25% to 70% of normal precipitation.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Gulf of Maine Region for March–May 2023. Dated June 2023.
Spring was up to 3°C (5°F) warmer than normal. Spring precipitation ranged from 25% of normal to 125% of normal.
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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Southeast Region for March–May 2023. Dated June 2023.
Temperatures were near average across much of the Southeast, with a few locations either slightly above or slightly below average. Precipitation was variable across the Southeast.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Northeast Region for March–May 2023. Dated June 2023.
The Northeast had its 19th-warmest spring at 1.1°F above normal. This spring was among the 20 warmest since 1895 for 8 of the 12 Northeast states. The Northeast saw 81% of normal spring precipitation, in the driest third of all years. This spring was among the 20 driest since 1895 for 3 of the 12 Northeast states.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Pacific Region for March–May 2023. Dated June 2023.
For the March–May period, precipitation was above-normal across much of the Hawaiian Islands and U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI) including Guam, which observed its wettest March–May and May on record.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Mid-Atlantic Region for December 2022–February 2023. Dated March 2023.
Most areas experienced temperatures 4–6 degrees F above normal. The southern half of the region received less than 25 percent of normal winter season snowfall, with several sites hitting records for the least snowy winter on record.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Southern Region for December 2022–February 2023. Dated March 2023.
Winter 2022–2023 temperatures were above normal across much of the Southern Region, with stations averaging 0 to 2°F above normal in the west and 4 to 8°F in the east. Below-normal precipitation was common in southern, western Texas, the Texas Panhandle, western Oklahoma, and along the Gulf Coast. In eastern Oklahoma, much of Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Tennessee precipitation was above normal.