Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Midwest Region - December 2019
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Midwest Region for September – November 2019. Dated December 2019.
Temperatures in the region averaged below normal in the upper Midwest and above normal further southeast. The continued wetness of 2019 persisted into the fall. Year-to-date precipitation ranked among the top 10 in all nine states, with new records in Wisconsin, and the Midwest.
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.