December 18, 2025 Thursday Evening Winter Weather
Major storm systems will bring amazing precipitation to California through next week
December 2025 was the 5th-warmest December in the 131-year national record (1895–2025), at 37.8°F against a 1991–2020 normal of 34.3°F (+3.5°F).
December 2025 was the 37th-driest December in the 131-year national record (1895–2025), at 2.0in against a 1991–2020 normal of 2.5in (-0.5in).
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.
Powerful storm system quickly moves across the Great Lakes and Northeast into Friday … a weaker Clipper system for Sunday grazes New England, and then another system for Tues/Wed next week. All tracking across Southern Canada — odd for late December.
Brief Arctic blasts of cold air from the replenished Western Canada “cold pool” for the Midwest and Great Lakes Friday and again this weekend.
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