December 21, 2024 Saturday Winter Weather
Watching pattern flip and next major Arctic blast into early January
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.
Good Saturday Evening and officially Winter 2024-2025!
Canadian Arctic High Pressure settles into the Northeast with very cold temperatures into Sunday morning. A storm system in the Midwest will eventually push warm air up and over that cold dome leading to light freezing rain in North Dakota and Minnesota as temperatures warm up significantly.
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