January 5, 2025 Sunday Winter Weather
Texas Winter Storm and Weekend Nor'easter potential
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 Sunday Evening!
Saturday afternoon, the Kansas City Chiefs team plane was stuck at the airport waiting for broken deicing equipment to get figured out, and they waited 4 hours to finally take off for the regular season finale in Denver. They probably factored in the weather correctly and tried to leave as early as possible, but a cascade of unrelated issues with their charter plane, and then the airport deicing nearly left them stranded. Not sure the Chiefs care as the game does not affect seeding or the Playoffs, and their play in the 1st Half confirms that theory.
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