January 1, 2025 Wednesday Winter Update
Strong winter storm early next week across Ohio River Valley
January 2025 was the 33rd-coolest January in the 132-year national record (1895–2026), at 29.2°F against a 1991–2020 normal of 32.3°F (-3.2°F).
January 2025 was the 5th-driest January in the 132-year national record (1895–2026), at 1.4in against a 1991–2020 normal of 2.3in (-1.0in).
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.
Happy New Year 2025!
Today, we reset the calendar for climate related metrics like temperature and precipitation for a new year. Of course, our decision for using January 1st is arbitrary as the Earth’s climate operates on a variety of time scales. Meteorological winter is from December to February in the Northern Hemisphere since preponderance of land surface allows for much faster cooling.
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