Event
Northwest Drought 2015
United States
The 2014/15 drought in the Pacific Northwest resulted from exceedingly high temperatures notwithstanding normal precipitation—a drought type that may reoccur due to accelerated anthropogenic warming and aggravated by naturally driven low precipitation.
Feb 3, 2016 | Wx Shift
This is why the Pacific Northwest was so warm in 2015
Dec 11, 2015 | Business Insider
Wild Northwest weather eases drought worries
Dec 11, 2015 | Seattle Times
Summer heat, drought took big toll on Upper Columbia River sockeye
Apr 4, 2018 | Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
EEE 2015: The 2014/15 Snowpack Drought in Washington State and its Climate Forcing
Dec 15, 2016 | Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Explaining Extreme Events of 2015 from a Climate Perspective
Mar 29, 2017 | Environmental Research Letters
Testing the recent snow drought as an analog for climate warming sensitivity of Cascades snowpacks
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Washington State Is In A Drought ‘Unlike Any We’ve Ever Experienced’
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Lingering drought seen in region’s low lakes, waterways
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Dec 11, 2015 | KVAL
Water is everything': Oregon remains in drought despite recent rain
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Dec 11, 2015 | Capital Public Radio
Drought Improves In Pacific Northwest, Not California