NOAA's Climate Prediction Center's 2025-2026 winter outlook projected warmer-than-average temperatures for much of the contiguous United States for December 2025 through February 2026, with the southern United States forecast to be drier and warmer than normal and many northern areas forecast to be cooler and wetter.
December 01, 2025
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Key regional temperature and precipitation projections from NOAA's 2025-2026 winter outlook
Gray wolves were largely hunted, trapped, and poisoned out of the contiguous United States by the early 20th century, and the last wolves in California were believed extirpated by the 1920s.
January 01, 1920
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Historical drivers of gray wolf range contraction in the lower 48 U.S. states.