Weekly Summary

  • Article #709: April 8-14, 2023

    Week 2: April 8-14, 2023 Warm Week for the Midwest! The entire United States experienced beautiful, summer-like weather during the second week of Apri...

  • Article #708: April 1-7, 2023

    Week 1: April 1-7, 2023 Overview March’s active end was counteracted by a slightly calmer first week of April. Above-normal temperatures were observed...

  • Article #664: March 22-31, 2023

    Week 4: March 22-31, 2023 Overview A very active week in the Midwest closed out the month of March. A broad trough was set up over the region for much...

  • Article #660: March 15-21, 2023

    Week 3: March 15-21, 2023 Cold and Wet Week A deep, persistent upper-level trough moved in and settled over the Midwest this week, which resulted in u...

  • Article #654: March 8-14, 2023

    Week 2: March 8-14, 2023 Overview After a “false spring” swept through much of the Midwest over the past few weeks, winter weather returned for the se...

  • Article #653: March 1-7, 2023

    Week 1: March 1-7, 2023 Unseasonably Warm Start to March Meteorological spring in the Midwest began with widespread above-normal temperatures, with on...

  • Article #652: February 22-28, 2023

    Week 4: February 22-28, 2023 Temperatures of Both Extremes To close out the month, the northwestern Midwest observed anomalously low temperatures and...

  • Article #593: February 15-21, 2023

    Warm Temperatures Continue - Except in the Northwest While not as drastic as last week, most of the Midwest continued to see above-normal temperatures...

  • Article #592: February 8-14, 2023

    An Early Glimpse of Spring Temperatures for the Midwest Abnormally high temperatures were observed throughout this week for the entire Midwest (Figure...

  • Article #573: February 1-7, 2023

    Cold Start to the Week with Warmer Temperatures Following Looking at the first week of February as a whole, mean temperatures were generally below nor...

  • Article #562: January 22-31, 2023

    Temperatures Below Normal in the West; Above Normal in the East To close out the month, average temperature departures in the Midwest were divided by...

  • Article #372: January 15-21, 2023

    Record High Temperatures Continue The third week of January continued to bring unseasonably warm temperatures to the Midwest. Average temperatures wer...

  • Article #233: January 8-14, 2023

    Widespread Above-Normal Temperatures Average temperatures were above normal throughout the whole Midwest, especially in the central Midwest (Figure 1)...

  • Article #224: January 1-7, 2023

    Warm Temperatures Ring in the New Year For the first week of 2023, the Midwest saw temperatures that were well above normal, except in western Minneso...

  • Article #217: December 22-31, 2022

    Overall, Below-Normal Temperatures; Unseasonable Warm and Cold Looking at the last week of December, temperatures were below normal throughout the ent...

  • Article #215: December 15-21, 2022

    Western Below-Normal Temperatures; Near-Normal in the East Average temperatures this week were below normal in the western Midwest and near normal in...

  • Article #214: December 8-14, 2022

    Widespread Above-Normal Temperatures This week, temperatures were well above normal throughout the whole Midwest, except for a small area in Michigan’...

  • Article #210: December 1-7, 2022

    Near-Normal Temperatures The first week of December brought normal temperatures to the central Midwest, below normal temperatures in the northwest and...

  • Article #209: November 22-30, 2022

    Above Normal Temperatures This week, average temperatures were near normal to above normal in much of the Midwest (Figure 1). Statewide, Minnesota saw...

  • Article #191: November 15-21, 2022

    Widespread Unseasonably Cold Temperatures This week, average temperatures were well below normal throughout the Midwest (Figure 1). Statewide, Missour...