February 20, 2025 Thursday Weather Update
Warmer weekend on the way with quiet weather
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.
Well deserved period of quiet weather across most of the Lower 48 with warming temperatures — slowly but surely into this weekend, and next week.
Still watching the “polar vortex” anchored over far NE Canada with a couple opportunities for Pacific short-waves to pull on the Arctic PV, form a trough or tail, and whip a brief cool shot through the eastern U.S. later next week.
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