April 8, 2025 Tuesday Weather Update
Quiet period ahead
April 2025 was the 16th-warmest April in the 132-year national record (1895–2026), at 53.6°F against a 1991–2020 normal of 51.8°F (+1.7°F).
April 2025 was the 31st-wettest April in the 132-year national record (1895–2026), at 2.9in against a 1991–2020 normal of 2.7in (+0.2in).
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.
With a quiet period of weather coming up — well deserved — I can take some time to dig into the weeds with some analytics.
Weather models are scored on the skill with various metrics including root mean squared error (RMSE) and anomaly correlation, which is a pattern matching taking into account climatology.
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