The Oregon-Washington Water Year 2021 Recap & 2022 Outlook Meeting will be held as two virtual meetings on the mornings of November 16 and 17. This annual water year meeting is an opportunity to review climate-related impacts of the previous water year and learn about the forecast for the upcoming water year.

In addition to hearing from the forecast experts, both days will include time for discussion and peer-to-peer learning. We encourage participation from a wide range of sectors including utilities, agriculture and forestry.

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Day 1: Tuesday, November 16, 2021 9 a.m.–12:15 p.m. PT

The first day will feature a recap of the 2021 water year with a focus on the extreme drought and June heat wave. A panel of agency staff and resource managers will describe impacts they experienced and response actions that were taken.

Day 2: Wednesday, November 17, 2021 9 a.m.–12 p.m. PT

The second day will include the Outlook for the 2022 water year, and a panel by the state climatologists and water resource agencies on multi-year drought. A second series of presentations will feature resource managers discussing the cumulative impacts and response actions to address multiple years of drought.

In advance of the meeting, we are distributing a survey to gather information about impacts that occurred during the 2021 water year due to abnormally dry or abnormally wet conditions, as well as actions taken to prevent or minimize impacts. We encourage you to complete the survey to share your experience. We look forward to presenting and discussing survey results at the meeting as well as summarizing results in the Pacific Northwest 2021 Water Year Impacts Assessment.

This event is hosted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), the University of Washington Climate Impacts Group, and the Office of the Washington State Climatologist with planning committee participation from the Oregon State University’s Oregon Climate Change Research Institute, the WA Department of Ecology, and USDA Northwest Climate Hub.

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