The Oregon Climate Change Research Institute, established by the legislature in 2007, focuses on climate change and its effects on natural and human systems.
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Register for the Pacific Northwest Drought Early Warning System's June Drought & Climate Outlook Webinar. Monday June 22 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific. conta.cc/4xl47KU
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Our excellent colleagues at Columbia Land Trust (columbialandtrust.org/) seek a new executive director. Apply by 6 July. Details at potrerogroup.com/clt.
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This year's snow drought unfortunately will strain many sectors and people across the western United States. drought.gov/drought-status-u…
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Great insights by @climatechirper.bsky.social (Deepti Singh) on how social and governance systems interact with atmospheric systems to influence El Niño's effects on people wapo.st/4d43jSC
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The Pacific Northwest has some precipitation, but it's not snow.
March 2026 Snow Drought Update
Record Snowpack Deficits Worsen in February; Conditions Expected to Further Deteriorate With Chances for Record Heat Next Week
Get the full update: drought.gov/drought-status-u… @NOAA @DRIScience
ALT Snow Telemetry (SNOTEL) snow water equivalent (SWE) values for watersheds in the western U.S. as a percentage of the 1991–2020 median recorded by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. The map from March 8, 2026 shows below-normal SWE for almost all of the western United States.
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PRISM solar irradiance time series data are now available. Great news for many fields of inquiry. prism.oregonstate.edu/notice…...
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OCCRI retweeted
New @NOAA ENSO Index Supports Drought Early Warning
The Oceanic Niño Index (ONI) has been NOAA's official ENSO index. In Feb 2026, @NWSCPC adopted the Relative Oceanic Niño Index (RONI) to better represent ENSO.
Is El Niño on the Horizon?
See drought.gov/news/new-noaa-el… @NWS
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The National Weather Service will begin providing information about both likelihood and, for the first time, intensity of severe storms. wapo.st/4l3txqR
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A recording of February's Pacific Northwest Drought and Climate Outlook Webinar is now available courtesy of our excellent colleagues at @NOAADrought youtube.com/watch?v=G6MdhoBW…
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Next Monday at 11:00 a.m. Pacific: Pacific Northwest Drought and Climate Outlook Webinar, featuring Oregon State Climatologist Larry O'Neill and colleagues at NOAA and NRCS. Register at conta.cc/4tvUwPu
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Upcoming NIDIS Western Region Webinars
Feb. 19: Intermountain West Snow Drought and Water Supply Briefing (WY, UT, CO, AZ, NM) drought.gov/events/intermoun…
Feb: 23 Pacific Northwest DEWS February Drought & Climate Outlook Webinar (WA, OR, ID) drought.gov/events/pacific-n…
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Snow drought creates stress for sectors, organisms, and needs including but not limited to the ski industry, fishes, and electricity supply. bendbulletin.com/2026/02/11/…
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Despite likely storms in the coming weeks, Oregon State Climatologist Larry O'Neill and partners in climate offices across the Pacific Northwest detail potential water scarcity during this year's growing season opb.org/article/2026/02/11/o…
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Snow conditions currently are lousy across most of the western United States, but may improve later in February.
February 2026 Snow Drought Update
A Dry, Warm January Leaves the West With the Worst Snowpack in Decades
Economic impacts are occurring, especially for winter recreation and the communities that rely on it. Water supply concerns are increasing. drought.gov/drought-status-u… @NOAA
ALT Snow Telemetry (SNOTEL) snow water equivalent (SWE) values for watersheds in the western U.S. as a percentage of the 1991–2020 median recorded by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. The map shows below-normal SWE for almost all of the western United States.
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Is "regular winter weather" and a reprieve from snow drought in Oregon's future? State climatologist Larry O'Neill says there's a distinct possibility. opb.org/article/2026/02/05/o… @ORClimateSvc
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What makes the Fire Program Analysis Fire-Occurrence Database (Short 2022) even better? An additional 270 attributes associated with each of the >2M wildfires it documents. Learn more about the augmented data, led by @YPourmohamad and @SadeghMojtaba, here: mailchi.mp/blm/friday-flash-…
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Snow drought in the western United States is the present. Is it also the future? nytimes.com/2026/02/01/scien…. .
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