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

Weather Trader Winter MILEPOST 490

January 9, 2025 Thursday Winter Storm

Winter Storm creating a mess across North Texas into the Southeast

What the month did

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.

Watching the Winter Storm in Texas this afternoon, and its rapid progress ENE to encompass much of the Eastern Lower 48. I won’t go into laborious detail about everything, but point out a few things that may matter on Friday.

Dallas Fort Worth is a wee bit colder than expected

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