January 9, 2024 Blizzards and Arctic Blasts
Extreme cold to blanket the Lower 48 over fresh snowfall
January 2024 was the 46th-warmest January in the 132-year national record (1895–2026), at 31.9°F against a 1991–2020 normal of 32.3°F (-0.5°F).
January 2024 was the 7th-wettest January in the 132-year national record (1895–2026), at 3.3in against a 1991–2020 normal of 2.3in (+0.9in).
NOAA/NCEI Climate at a Glance, contiguous United States. This is the observed record for the month, not a score of anything said in this piece — the forecast ledger begins 2026-08-17 and cannot reach earlier posts.
Update on Texas tomorrow morning + potential significant Nor’easter early next week.
Severe weather blew through the Southeast earlier on Tuesday ahead of a strong cold front. Now, the low pressure will deepen to about 970 mb over Ontario with extreme winds continuing out of the E & SE nearing hurricane force gusts. This storm will decay and make way for the next one along a similar track Fri-Sat. The next storm will be a blizzard + bomb cyclone with central pressure of 968 mb over Michigan on Saturday morning.
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