Monthly Summary

  • Article #297: November 2001

    Temperature and Precipitation Anomalies. The nine-state Midwest region reached an all-time maximum temperature record for the month...

  • Article #292: October 2001

    Temperature and Precipitation Anomalies. The Midwest was extremely wet in October, with the regional precipitation total ranking as...

  • Article #287: September 2001

    Temperature and Precipitation Anomalies. Portions of the Midwest stretching from western Missouri to northeastern Michigan were quit...

  • Article #1514: August 2001

    Temperature and Precipitation Anomalies. August 2001 was a quite varied month across the Midwest, with a number of smaller areas rec...

  • Article #1517: July 2001

    Temperature and Precipitation Anomalies July 2001 was a month of contrast in the Midwest, starting very dry in most areas in the first half of the mon...

  • Article #1518: June 2001

    Temperature and Precipitation Anomalies. June 2001 was close to normal in both temperature and precipitation over much of the Midwes...

  • Article #269: May 2001

    Temperature and Precipitation Anomalies. May 2001 was the 16th wettest May for the Midwest as a whole (Figure 1). During the month, the main a...

  • Article #264: April 2001

    Temperature and Precipitation Anomalies. April 2001 was an important month in the climate history of the Midwest. A combination of r...

  • Article #259: March 2001

    Temperature and Precipitation Anomalies. March was very dry and quite cool in the Midwest. All of the nine states of the region expe...

  • Article #254: February 2001

    Temperature and Precipitation Anomalies. February was a very interesting month climatologically, with many days of relative placid c...

  • Article #232: January 2001

    Temperature and Precipitation Anomalies. The month of January was very average from a regional standpoint, with temperatures ranking...

  • Article #245: December 2000

    Temperature and Precipitation Anomalies. Winter started with a bang in the Midwest this season, with December 2000 being both cold...

  • Article #231: November 2000

    Temperature and Precipitation Anomalies. The month of November started warm and wet and finished up cool and dry in the Midwest. Mos...

  • Article #230: October 2000

    Temperature and Precipitation Anomalies. The Midwest averages of temperature and precipitation for October indicate that the month was warmer (Figure...

  • Article #229: September 2000

    Temperature and Precipitation Anomalies. During September, the Midwest received approximately normal amounts of precipitation for th...

  • Article #228: August 2000

    Temperature and Precipitation Anomalies. August was close to average for the Midwest region as a whole, being the 51st wettest and 4...

  • Article #227: July 2000

    Temperature and Precipitation Anomalies. The month of July was cooler and wetter than normal in the most of the Midwest. July 2000 w...

  • Article #223: June 2000

    Temperature and Precipitation Anomalies. Drought conditions in the Midwest were essentially removed by the 6th wettest June in the l...

  • Article #222: May 2000

    Temperature and Precipitation Anomalies. May was considerably wetter than the past two spring months in the Midwest. A large swath f...

  • Article #221: April 2000

    Temperature and Precipitation Anomalies. April was cooler than normal in the Midwest for the first time since October 1999 (Figure 1...