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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Southern Region - March 2017

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NOAA/NIDIS, Luigi Romolo
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Document Type
Outlooks
Document Description

Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Southern Region for December 2016 – February 2017.  Dated March 2017. 

It was a warmer than normal winter (December–February) for the southern region, with all six states reporting warmer than normal temperatures in December, January, and February, with many states having their warmest February on record. Precipitation was abundant in southern Texas, and western Oklahoma. In Tennessee, much needed rain fell to help put out some of the Great Smoky Mountain wildfires.

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 at https://www.drought.gov/drought/resources/reports. 

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First page of outlook on Quarterly Climate Impacts for the Southern Region, March 2017
State(s)
Alabama
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Arkansas
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Louisiana
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Mississippi
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Oklahoma
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Tennessee
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Texas
DEWS Region(s)
Southern Plains
Climate Region(s)
Southern Climate Region