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Flooding Threat Along the Gulf Coast, Southern Rockies and High Plains; Cooler Weather in the Central and Eastern U.S.

Strong thunderstorms may bring excessive rainfall and flooding over parts of the northern Gulf Coast today and over parts of the southern Rockies into the High Plains today through the weekend. A refreshingly cool and dry air mass will continue to produce below average temperatures across the central and eastern U.S. through the weekend. Read More >

 Northeastern Plains
March-April-May Precipitation

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Results for climate division 3 indicates that only modest increases were reported in the northeast plains and ranged from 105% to 113% of the long term precipitation.

A description of the graphs is located at the bottom of the page.  

winter precip for clayton during el nino events 
Percent of Longterm Average for all El Niño Events = 110% , for strong El Niño Events =  113%
 
winter precip for tucumcari during el nino events 
Percent of Longterm Average for all El Niño Events = 105% , for strong El Niño Events =  93%
 
winter precip for clovis during el nino events 
 Percent of Longterm Average for all El Niño Events = 113%  , for strong El Niño Events = 98%
 

Precipitation values for 3-month periods during 18 El Niño Events since 1949-50 are plotted with respect to the long term precipitation average, listed to the right of the graph.  The precipitation totals for each 3-month period are plotted above or below each bar.  Years for which the El Niño Event was considered to be strong are colored in dark green. "M" represents a 3-month period with missing data. Finally, the percents of long term normal for all El Niño events and for the strong El Niño events are listed below each graph.