January 4, 2025 Saturday Morning Winter Weather
Uncertainty about northward extent of heaviest snow
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.
Good Saturday morning!
By later this evening, a powerful winter storm will be cranking up in the Central Plains and moving due east into the Ohio River Valley on Sunday. The fast moving storm will have potentially devastating impacts with freezing rain and ice accumulations especially in Missouri and southern Illinois. Ahead of the cold front in the warm, Gulf of Mexico moisture plume, Enhanced Risk of severe severe across Louisiana into Mississippi — severe winds, hail and isolated tornadoes.
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