February 19, 2025 Wednesday Weather Update
Warmer next week but polar vortex looms large
February 2025 was the 56th-warmest February in the 132-year national record (1895–2026), at 34.7°F against a 1991–2020 normal of 35.6°F (-0.9°F).
February 2025 was the 56th-wettest February in the 132-year national record (1895–2026), at 2.2in against a 1991–2020 normal of 2.1in (+0.0in).
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.
News blurb in AP on the current cold weather, which you know about by reading this Newsletter! I get two honorifics — private meteorologist and former NOAA official. Seth’s weather writing is unique in that he mixes in different angles like Nuuk, Greenland with ongoing weather events to provide context and education. I always appreciate being included in today’s news.
At 34°F (6°C), Nuuk, the capital of Greenland — a giant ice-covered northern island that President Donald Trump is seeking to acquire — was 11°F warmer than America’s capital of Washington, D.C. on Wednesday morning. The average low temperature Wednesday in the continental United States was 13.7°F and Thursday’s average low looks to be a tenth of a degree colder, said private meteorologist Ryan Maue, former chief scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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