NWS issues final August temperature outlook

The final outlook widened the zone forecast to experience above-normal temperatures during the month to much of the lower 48 states

US temperature map

Image: National Weather Service

The National Weather Service (NWS) on Friday released its final August temperature outlook, following a preliminary version from mid-July.

What’s happening: The final outlook widened the zone forecast to experience above-normal temperatures during the month to much of the lower 48 states, with normal defined as the 30-year average. 

  • New England previously carried at least a 33 percent chance of facing above-normal temps; however, the updated outlook moved the region to equal chances of temperatures being above, near, or below normal.
  • Meanwhile, the highest odds of above-normal temperatures now span much of Texas and Oklahoma, as well as the California coast, displacing the Southeast, the previous version’s highest-odds region.

Catch up quick: See the preliminary outlook

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