January 30, 2025 Thursday Weather Update
Spring like warmth into February as polar front remains bottled up in Canada
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.
Drove up from Atlanta yesterday to visit my hometown here in Manistee, a small mid-19th Century lumber town that grew into an industrial center, and now tourist trap. At least 3-feet of snow fell during the past 10-days but thankfully a thaw today in the upper-40s melted the roadways. Lake Effect snow will continue again as Lake Michigan ice cover stopped growing — just need some more Arctic air.
Huge West Coast moisture feed and atmospheric river into Northern California
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