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Winter 2025–26

Every dispatch on this road this season, in order: the thread a daily newsletter leaves behind when you read it end to end.

98Dispatches
195Days · OCT 10–APR 22
I-32Winter
Where the dispatches were filed73 of 98 placed
Map of North America and the Atlantic with a shield at each dispatch's place Natural Earth · places from the headlines
Both coasts with impactful weather including a Nor'easter LOOP OCT 10 · I-32 WINTER Both coasts with impactful weather including a Nor'easter Warming trend through the week before Arctic blast FIGURE 1 NOV 3 · I-32 WINTER Warming trend through the week before Arctic blast Record cold Tuesday morning across Southeast including Florida FIGURE 1 NOV 11 · I-32 WINTER Record cold Tuesday morning across Southeast including Florida Arctic cold for Thanksgiving weekend but main event may wait until December LOOP NOV 18 · I-32 WINTER Arctic cold for Thanksgiving weekend but main event may wait until December
The route · every exit
  1. Exit 1 · OCT 10 Both coasts with impactful weather including a Nor'easter Northeast
  2. Exit 2 · NOV 3 Warming trend through the week before Arctic blast
  3. Exit 3 · NOV 4 · Subscribers First major Arctic blast on way this weekend into early next week
  4. Exit 4 · NOV 7 · Subscribers Historic cold temperatures in the Southeast next week Southeast
  5. Exit 5 · NOV 8 · Subscribers Great Lakes snow machine cranks up Midwest
  6. Exit 6 · NOV 11 Record cold Tuesday morning across Southeast including Florida Florida
  7. Exit 7 · NOV 18 Arctic cold for Thanksgiving weekend but main event may wait until December
  8. Exit 8 · NOV 19 · Subscribers Moderate blast of Canadian Arctic cold for Thanksgiving weekend
  9. Exit 9 · NOV 19 Heavy rainfall centered on Texas into next week, then Canadian cold for Thanksgiving in Midwest Texas
  10. Exit 10 · NOV 20 · Subscribers Cold on Thanksgiving across the northern Lower 48 but typical for late November Lower 48
  11. Exit 11 · NOV 21 · Subscribers Thanksgiving cold front but Lower 48 avoids a disruptive storm system Lower 48
  12. Exit 12 · NOV 24 · Subscribers Wintry weather across Midwest and Great Lake for Thanksgiving Midwest
  13. Exit 13 · NOV 25 · Subscribers Two winter storms w/Arctic air to blanket the Great Lakes with heavy snowfall Midwest
  14. Exit 14 · NOV 26 Another major winter storm on way for this weekend to snarl holiday travel
  15. Exit 15 · NOV 27 Keep your shovels out in the Great Lakes but also Iowa and Chicago with major winter storm Chicago
  16. Exit 16 · NOV 29 Nor'easter watch for next week Northeast
  17. Exit 17 · DEC 1 Meteorological winter starts quite cold across the eastern U.S. with an Arctic blast Eastern U.S.
  18. Exit 18 · DEC 2 · Subscribers Storm system just missed crippling the Northeast with heavy snow Northeast
  19. Exit 19 · DEC 2 Cold in Great Lakes into weekend as December remains below normal for Eastern U.S Eastern U.S.
  20. Exit 20 · DEC 3 · Subscribers Record cold in Iowa and Illinois will challenge records from late 19th Century Iowa
  21. Exit 21 · DEC 4 · Subscribers Extreme cold continues across the Midwest into Friday Midwest
  22. Exit 22 · DEC 4 Huge cold pool forms in western Canada and Alaska into mid-December Canada
  23. Exit 23 · DEC 5 Huge cold pool forms in western Canada and Alaska with ridging across Western US Canada
  24. Exit 24 · DEC 7 Extreme cold (again) next weekend in Midwest and Great Lakes Midwest
  25. Exit 25 · DEC 8 · Subscribers Parade of Clipper Systems will keep adding up snowfall
  26. Exit 26 · DEC 9 · Subscribers Extreme cold this weekend in Midwest and Great Lakes before significant warming trend (finally) Midwest
  27. Exit 27 · DEC 10 Extreme cold this weekend across Midwest will flood off East Coast Eastern U.S.
  28. Exit 28 · DEC 11 Watching big cities of Northeast for accumulating snowfall this weekend Northeast
  29. Exit 29 · DEC 12 Extreme cold from Midwest blasts into the Southeast by Monday Southeast
  30. Exit 30 · DEC 14 Warming trend this week with main storm track staying in Canada Canada
  31. Exit 31 · DEC 15 · Subscribers Parade of storms across Canada fueled by Pacific atmospheric river flow Canada
  32. Exit 32 · DEC 16 Boatloads of precipitation from powerful west coast atmospheric rivers Western U.S.
  33. Exit 33 · DEC 17 Colder air will lower snow levels across West as atmospheric rivers take aim on California California
  34. Exit 34 · DEC 18 · Subscribers Major storm systems will bring amazing precipitation to California through next week California
  35. Exit 35 · DEC 22 Flooding for Christmas in California from Atmospheric River storm systems California
  36. Exit 36 · DEC 24 Clipper system could deal significant snowfall to NYC through Saturday morning New York
  37. Exit 37 · DEC 25 Significant snowfall into early Saturday across Northeast Northeast
  38. Exit 38 · DEC 26 Powerful Great Lakes Blizzard next major storm system with much colder air next week Midwest
  39. Exit 39 · DEC 27 Great Lakes Blizzard of 2025 scheduled to end the year with heavy snow and damaging winds Midwest
  40. Exit 40 · DEC 30 · Subscribers Much warmer weather into next week as strong zonal Pacific jet stream dislodges blocking ridges Pacific
  41. Exit 41 · DEC 31 · Subscribers Happy New Year warming trend into next week
  42. Exit 42 · JAN 2 Much warmer weather into next week across Lower 48 as Europe builds a glacier Europe
  43. Exit 43 · JAN 4 · Subscribers January thaw this week until colder weather returns for weekend
  44. Exit 44 · JAN 5 Wild winter weather in Europe this week Europe
  45. Exit 45 · JAN 6 · Subscribers Ensembles show Canadian cold pool reforming in 12-14 day time frame
  46. Exit 46 · JAN 8 Ensembles show major Canadian cold pool reforming next weekend
  47. Exit 47 · JAN 11 Risk of extreme cold increasing in long range ensemble modeling
  48. Exit 48 · JAN 12 Ensembles went much colder into Week 2 as Canadian cold pool reloads
  49. Exit 49 · JAN 14 Here comes winter to the Great Lakes and then Southeast into weekend with snowfall in Florida Florida
  50. Exit 50 · JAN 15 Multiple Arctic blasts will continue through end of January
  51. Exit 51 · JAN 19 This weekend will be brutal across Eastern US with hazardous cold and huge snow/ice storm Eastern U.S.
  52. Exit 52 · JAN 21 Extreme cold in the Midwest and Great Lakes + Major Ice and Snow storm Midwest
  53. Exit 53 · JAN 22 A major multi-day winter storm followed by hazardously cold air
  54. Exit 54 · JAN 23 Hazardous cold will blast into eastern half of Lower 48 and stay around all next week Lower 48
  55. Exit 55 · JAN 24 · Subscribers Everyone be safe and warm during the upcoming next few weeks
  56. Exit 56 · JAN 26 Extreme cold intensifies into the weekend with potential of blockbuster blizzard
  57. Exit 57 · JAN 27 Blockbuster blizzard on tap for this weekend with extremely cold air into Florida Florida
  58. Exit 58 · JAN 28 Blockbuster blizzard will scoot north off the East Coast with extremely cold air behind it into Florida on Sunday Florida
  59. Exit 59 · JAN 29 Carolinas will see a powerful winter storm with heavy snowfall this weekend North Carolina
  60. Exit 60 · FEB 1 Quiet weather until next weekend when Northeast suffers yet another Arctic blast Northeast
  61. Exit 61 · FEB 2 Major Arctic blast to settle across Great Lakes and Northeast into Weekend Northeast
  62. Exit 62 · FEB 3 · Subscribers Eastern U.S will warm up eventually but not until after major weekend Arctic blast Eastern U.S.
  63. Exit 63 · FEB 4 Pattern change will bring Winter back to the Western U.S. with plenty of snow next week Western U.S.
  64. Exit 64 · FEB 5 Extreme cold returns for several days across Northeast prolonging frigid period Northeast
  65. Exit 65 · FEB 6 Next several days will remain very cold across the Great Lakes, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Mid-Atlantic
  66. Exit 66 · FEB 7 · Subscribers Hazardous cold continues across the Northeast Northeast
  67. Exit 67 · FEB 9 Very warm weather across the Central U.S with 42 million at least 80°F
  68. Exit 68 · FEB 9 Only 1 in 4 chance of a Presidents' Day Nor'easter Northeast
  69. Exit 69 · FEB 10 · Subscribers Western U.S. resumes winter after a long dry/warm spell but plenty of ground to make up Western U.S.
  70. Exit 70 · FEB 11 Mid-February thaw into next week will feel incredible for frozen Americans
  71. Exit 71 · FEB 12 Unlikely to see a Nor'easter early next week but California will be bombarded by major storm system California
  72. Exit 72 · FEB 15 Winter resumes for the Western U.S. with warmth East of the Rockies Mountain West
  73. Exit 73 · FEB 17 On watch for a blockbuster blizzard Sunday for the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast Mid-Atlantic
  74. Exit 74 · FEB 17 Still on blizzard watch, sort of, but plenty of winter weather until then
  75. Exit 75 · FEB 18 Arctic air returns behind potential Mid-Atlantic Coastal Storm this weekend Mid-Atlantic
  76. Exit 76 · FEB 19 Model differences leave some uncertainty about potential of major East Coast snowstorm Eastern U.S.
  77. Exit 77 · FEB 19 · Subscribers Odds increasing for impactful snowfall from Nor'easter in New England British Isles
  78. Exit 78 · FEB 20 Major winter storm to form off Mid-Atlantic coast and deliver huge snowfall and gusty winds to New England British Isles
  79. Exit 79 · FEB 21 Arctic blast follows behind blockbuster blizzard into early next week, more cold on the way?
  80. Exit 80 · FEB 22 · Subscribers Increasing potential for sequence of Arctic blasts and more extreme cold into March
  81. Exit 81 · FEB 24 · Subscribers Turning the corner on winter with significant warm up into second week of March
  82. Exit 82 · FEB 25 One more week of harsh winter cold then we turn the corner to more Spring like warmth
  83. Exit 83 · FEB 26 Spring like warmth arrives next week across the Eastern U.S Eastern U.S.
  84. Exit 84 · FEB 28 · Subscribers Eastern U.S. heads into the 70s next week Eastern U.S.
  85. Exit 85 · MAR 2 A week of (False) Spring across the Eastern U.S. before Arctic blast in 10-days Eastern U.S.
  86. Exit 86 · MAR 11 Massive blizzard in Great Lakes by Sunday with multiple feet of snowfall Midwest
  87. Exit 87 · MAR 12 · Subscribers Colder air behind frontal boundary. Still watching a major blizzard for Sunday in Great Lakes Midwest
  88. Exit 88 · MAR 13 · Subscribers Monumental snowfall totals in Great Lakes from powerful blizzard Midwest
  89. Exit 89 · MAR 14 4 feet of snow in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan Michigan
  90. Exit 90 · MAR 15 Strong Arctic front returns Eastern U.S. to colder winter wather Eastern U.S.
  91. Exit 91 · MAR 16 Two very cold mornings on the way as winter hangs on to the bitter end
  92. Exit 92 · MAR 26 Canada will not give up on winter just yet as cold returns from Arctic into the Great Lakes Arctic
  93. Exit 93 · MAR 30 Eastern U.S. begins a wetter period but snowfall across Midwest and Great Lakes will return Eastern U.S.
  94. Exit 94 · APR 2 Two storm systems will have severe weather as well as heavy snow
  95. Exit 95 · APR 15 · Subscribers Record warmth continues into the weekend until a cold front blasts through the Eastern U.S Eastern U.S.
  96. Exit 96 · APR 16 Another beautiful spring day across much of the Lower 48. Watching weekend cold front Lower 48
  97. Exit 97 · APR 18 Snowfall in the Great Lakes and Northeast behind strong cold front Northeast
  98. Exit 98 · APR 22 · Subscribers Powerful winter storm system across Rockies moves into Canada with heavy snow Canada
END Final dispatch APR 22.

Why I-32?

Winter stories ride Interstate 32, after 32 °F: the line between rain and snow, and between a wet road and an icy one.

32 °F

The freezing point, and the line between rain and everything else on this road's maps.

Nor'easter

A coastal low off the Northeast whose winds come from the northeast; the heavy snow falls to its northwest.

Lake effect

Snow made when cold air crosses a warm lake and drops the moisture downwind in narrow bands.