NOAA releases hot summer outlook: Here’s the forecast for Oklahoma

(NEXSTAR) – Get your swimsuit and SPF prepared. It’s wanting like a scorching summer season for nearly everybody this yr.

The Local weather Prediction Middle’s summer season outlook was launched Thursday, and it reveals a chance of above-average temperatures for almost each a part of each state within the nation between June and August.

The very best chance for decent temps is in Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and even the panhandle of Oklahoma, in line with the Local weather Prediction Middle’s outlook.

One other pocket particularly prone to see a scorching summer season is the Northeast.

The darker the shade of orange or pink on the map above signifies the chance of a hotter-than-average summer season. The white components of the map present equal probabilities of an above- or below-average summer season.

No state is anticipated to have a cooler-than-usual summer season.

The Local weather Prediction Middle, which is a part of the Nationwide Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), points 90-day outlooks as soon as a month. Thursday’s outlook additionally requires a dry summer season for many of the nation.

Solely the East Coast, Gulf states, southern Arizona and Alaska are predicted to have a wetter summer season. The remainder of the nation is going through dry situations, which is anticipated to worsen the drought out West.

These summer season climate predictions are influenced by the continuing La Niña local weather sample, which has been lingering an particularly very long time this yr.

La Niña additionally has an impression on hurricane season. It usually weakens storms originating within the Pacific, however results in stronger hurricanes within the Atlantic.