The February 2022 climate outlook favors warmer-than-average temperatures across the southern and eastern U.S., with cooler and wetter conditions favored across the north. Out West, a drier-than-average month is forecast.
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information recaps the 2021 climate for the United States.
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