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• Watch the Latest Midwest and Great Plains Drought Update Webinar
• Drought Condtions in the High Plains Region-Update May 16
• May 14, 2013 Daily High Temperatures
• NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8: Precipitation-Frequency Atlas of the United States, Midwestern States has been released
• Drought Conditions in the High Plains Region-Update May 9
• Sign up for the next drought update webinar
• April 2013 Climate Summary
• Drought Conditions in the High Plains Region-Update May 2
• April Temperature Rankings
• Drought Conditions in the High Plains Region-Update April 25

HPRCC

• High Plains Regional Climate Meeting in Nebraska City
• Server migration to take place October 10
• New Research Associate
• Drought Conditions in the High Plains Region- Update August 2
• Drought Conditions in the High Plains Region - Update
• Drought Grips the Southern Plains
• Useful to Usable (U2U): Transforming Climate Variability and Change Information for Cereal Crop Producers
• UNL Weather Camp 2011 a Success!
• New article in BAMS features the Regional Climate Centers
• HPRCC will be at Dinosaurs and Disasters - February 5

Region News

• Watch the Latest Midwest and Great Plains Drought Update Webinar
• Drought Condtions in the High Plains Region-Update May 16
• May 14, 2013 Daily High Temperatures
• NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8: Precipitation-Frequency Atlas of the United States, Midwestern States has been released
• Drought Conditions in the High Plains Region-Update May 9
• Sign up for the next drought update webinar
• Drought Conditions in the High Plains Region-Update May 2
• April Temperature Rankings
• Drought Conditions in the High Plains Region-Update April 25
• Drought Conditions in the High Plains Region-Update April 18

AWDN

• April 2013 Climate Summary
• Weekly Nebraska Soil Moisture Report - September 19, 2011
• U.S. experiences second warmest summer on record
• Weekly Nebraska Soil Moisture Report - September 12, 2011
• Weekly Nebraska Soil Moisture Report - August 29, 2011

National News

• Regional Climate Trends and Scenarios for the U.S. National Climate Assessment
• Climate Summary Maps Using Updated Normals
• U.S. Temperatures for April Third Warmest on Record
• March global temperatures were coolest since 1999
• U.S. records warmest March

New article in BAMS features the Regional Climate Centers

Source/Author: Natalie Umphlett - High Plains Regional Climate Center 01/21/11

An article in the latest edition of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS) highlights the Regional Climate Center (RCC) program.  This article, "Toward Regional Climate Services:  The Role of NOAA's Regional Climate Centers," highlights the history, partnerships, products, and vision of the RCC program.  The RCC program has been around for over 25 years and now consists of 6 climate centers:

• High Plains Regional Climate Center - University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
• Midwest Regional Climate Center - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
• Northeast Regional Climate Center - Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
  
• Southeast Regional Climate Center - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
  
• Southern Regional Climate Center - Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
  
• Western Regional Climate Center - Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV
  

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