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

Weather Trader Winter MILEPOST 493

January 12, 2025 Sunday Winter Outlook

Extreme Arctic Blast Next Weekend

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.

Still under the weather, and resting, but I had to show the crazy weather model updates for the next 2-weeks.

First, the 850 mb Temperature Anomaly at Day 7 — next Sunday morning — is a strong ensemble mean signal Canadian Arctic cold along the axis of the Rockies, Central Plains, and into Texas.

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