April 20, 2025 Sunday Weather Update
Missouri focus of tornado threat
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.
Happy Easter Sunday!
Yesterday evening, Texas really got a light show from heavy thunderstorms from San Angelo to Abilene and then just west of Dallas-Fort Worth. Multiple tornado warnings and reports of very large hail stretched along the frontal boundary with the developing storm system across the Plains.
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