January 18, 2025 Saturday Winter Storm
Memorable next week of weather across the Lower 48
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.
A coastal low that could be called a Nor’easter will have just enough moisture to produce a decent footprint of snowfall from Washington D.C. into New England mainly on Sunday.
The central pressure is 996 mb around 7 pm ET on Sunday, so gusty winds will be in the 30 mph range enough to lower visibility and make travel difficult on Interstates. The Arctic Polar Vortex is behind this storm system and its front — so heavy Lake Effect snow will continue as the Great Lakes remain very warm and largely ice free.
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