September has arrived, marking the return of pumpkin spice lattes, football season and cooler weather, but AccuWeather long-range forecasters say that it may take some time for the latter to come to fruition across the United States.
Meteorological autumn officially kicked off on Thursday, September 1, and will continue through Wednesday, November 30. AccuWeather meteorologists say that it will not feel like the seasons have changed across more than two-thirds of the nation as above-normal warmth will persist.
Summer weather has dealt out opposite extremes across the nation. For some places, precipitation was nearly non-existent with drought the rule as other locations couldn’t catch a break from unrelenting rain. Deluges have led to five separate “one in 1,000-year” flood events since late July.
Forecasters say the abnormally inactive Atlantic Hurricane Season in August won’t last, and look for hurricanes to rev up in September. While cooler temperatures are on the way for the Northeast and Atlantic, the heat and drought are persisting across the Great Plains and Western U.S., which is bad news for the now neverending fire season.
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