In many locations, spring snow also melts earlier, reducing summer streamflows.
NOAA's April 2022 Climate Outlook favors a warm month across the southern and eastern United States, a dry month across the Southwest, and a wet month for the Great Lakes and Northeast.
How well did the 2021-2022 Winter outlook do? Pretty well if you ask me! Chalk up another year in a track record of outlooks performing better than random chance.
When does the chance of an overnight freeze drop below 50 percent? Explore this map to find out.
Flood risk in Upper Midwest, Midwest and Southeast.
It was the seventh-warmest February on record going back to 1880, and it is virtually certain 2022 will wind up one of the ten warmest years on record, despite the cooling influence of La Niña.
It's too soon to tell whether this winter's double-dip La Niña will become next winter's three-bean salad. But our blogger tells us what's on the menu this spring.
Below-average precipitation across the West led to an expansion of drought.
The March 2022 climate outlook favors a warmer-than-average month for the eastern/south-central US, a cooler-than-average month for the western/north-central US, and a wetter-than-average month for the Great Lakes.
How do El Niño and La Niña affect atmospheric rivers?