Category: Quarterly Climate Summary
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Missouri River Basin Winter Quarterly Impacts and Outlooks
Regional Significant Events for December 2024 – February 2025 Highlights for the Basin The northern plains experienced several large temperature swings this winter.The coldest temperatures, -45°F, were observed in portions of Montana andwestern North Dakota. While further south, temperatures dropped below -20°F in Kansas in mid-February. Combined with gusty conditions, wind chills were as low…
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Missouri River Basin Fall Quarterly Impacts and Outlooks
Regional Significant Events for September – November 2024 Highlights for the Basin Record heat and dryness plagued the region through September and October. This two-month period was the record warmest in Colorado, Montana, South Dakota, and Wyoming, and 2nd warmest for Nebraska and North Dakota. Despite some precipitation at the very end of October, Nebraska…
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Missouri River Basin Summer Quarterly Impacts and Outlooks
Regional Significant Events for June – August 2024 Highlights for the Basin After starting off July with cooler temperatures, conditions rapidly flippedto scorching hot in the upper parts of the Basin. Kalispell, Montana recorded17 consecutive days of highs above 90 degrees, beating the previous record by 4 days. The heat was not just limited to…
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Missouri River Basin Winter Quarterly Impacts and Outlooks
Regional Significant Events for December 2023 – February 2024 Highlights for the Basin This winter was historically warm in the Dakotas, with records obliterated insome places. 46 counties in both states broke their minimum temperaturerecords for the winter. Highlighting the extreme warmth, Cass and Traill in North Dakota were nearly 17 degrees F above their…
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Missouri River Basin Fall Quarterly Impacts and Outlooks
Regional Significant Events for September – November 2023 Highlights for the Basin Eastern Kansas was pummeled by a snow storm on Thanksgiving weekend.A number of cities like Wichita received more snow from this single event than all of last winter. It was the largest November snowstorm for Wichita since 1906. Very heavy rains fell across…
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Missouri River Basin Winter Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlooks
Regional Significant Events for December 2022 – February 2023 Highlights for the Basin A historic Arctic air outbreak in late December led to hundreds of daily and thirty all-time record cold temperatures. Strong and sustained winds were present, leading to dangerous and life-threatening wind chills. Tragically, at least 11 people are known to have perished…