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

Weather Trader Winter MILEPOST 504

January 22, 2025 Wednesday Winter Weather

Some beneficial precipitation in Southern California from cut-off low

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.

Our snowfall map has indeed filled in nicely across the Gulf coast from Houston to Tallahassee and into the Carolinas. And, earlier in the week, we saw some light accumulations in Washington D.C. into the Northeast. Lake Effect snow in the Great Lakes continues but Lake Erie is > 80% ice covered, so the end might be near for folks downwind.

Snowfall over the past 3 days:

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