A Cold, Snowy Winter for Most

This winter was record snowy for Providence, RI, and Islip, NY, and among the 20 snowiest winters for another 16 of the Northeast's 35 major sites. A record-setting blizzard pushed February to be Providence's all-time snowiest month and among the 20 all-time snowiest months for six additional major sites. Despite this, February and winter were drier than normal for most areas. For several areas, this February and winter were the coldest in about a decade.

Northeast News

Minor Improvements for Some
The U.S. Drought Monitor released on Thursday, March 12 showed that conditions improved in parts of the region where widespread precipitation increased streamflows, soil moisture, and groundwater. Conditions remained unchanged in New England, where frozen soils have not allowed for improved groundwater conditions.

Severe drought was removed in southeastern New York, and moderate drought shrank in western New York.
Pennsylvania had several areas with one-category improvements, with moderate and severe drought shrinking and abnormally dry conditions removed in western parts of the state.
New Jersey also saw one-category improvements, with extreme, severe, and moderate drought shrinking in the northern half of the state. Eastern West Virginia and western Maryland saw moderate drought and abnormally dry conditions improve.
Seven-day streamflow ranged from much below normal to high.
Reservoir and/or lake levels remained below normal in places like New Jersey.
Groundwater levels ranged from record low to record high, with a true mix of conditions across the Northeast.
The short-term outlooks for March 19-25 range from slightly favoring above-normal precipitation to slightly favoring below-normal precipitation.

For more information, see the Northeast DEWS Dashboard (to see the full Northeast, click on the grayed-out Pennsylvania in the map in the top left) and the Northeast Drought Update. Submit drought impact reports via the Condition Monitoring Observer Reports (CMOR) page.

Website Highlights

Weather Station Data

Weather Station Data includes location-specific information, such as wind data, evapotranspiration, and daily almanacs.

CLIMOD 2 is a user-friendly website to find single-station and multi-station climate products for locations accross the country. For example, the Seasonal Ranking report produces a graph and table of extremes or other summaries for a specified period for each year.

Go to CLIMOD 2

State & Regional Analyses

These provide several map types, regional climate summaries, snow survey data, and drought information.

The Monthly Maps offer a variety of monthly precipitation and temperature departure maps for any given month for the Northeast region or a selected state.

Go to Monthly Map page

Analyses for Industry

Analyses for Industry shows products the NRCC has created through partnerships with various industries.

The Apple Frost Risk page has maps and animations for Red Delicious, Empire, and McIntosh apples. The maps show accumulated chill, growing degree days, phenological stages, and kill probability.

Go to Apple Frost Risk

Webinars & Workshops

Webinars & Workshops provides recordings and presentations from the monthly webinar series, as well as information on past and upcoming workshops.

The Northeast Regional Climate Center hosts a monthly webinar series with NOAA affiliates to address timely weather topics.

Go to Monthly Webinars

Publications & Services

Publications & Services includes the NRCC blog, quarterly outlooks, as well as other reports and publications.

The Quarterly Outlooks are seasonal climate highlights and outlook for the upcoming season for the Eastern, Region, Great Lakes, and Gulf of Maine. Published in March, June, September and December.

Go to Quarterly Reports