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A chronicle of American weather and climate  ·  Wednesday, 16 September 2026

Weather Trader Notebook MILEPOST 453

December 7, 2024 Saturday Weather Update

Clipper system heading into Northeast then warming across the Lower 48

What the month did

December 2024 was the 4th-warmest December in the 131-year national record (1895–2025), at 38.1°F against a 1991–2020 normal of 34.3°F (+3.8°F).

December 2024 was the 64th-driest December in the 131-year national record (1895–2025), at 2.4in against a 1991–2020 normal of 2.5in (-0.1in).

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.

Saturday Headlines

Several weak storm systems impacting the corners of the Lower 48. Warmer subtropical moisture coming into Texas + Clipper System in Great Lakes to New England.

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