Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Coldest Start to December in Decades!

Since Thanksgiving, temperatures across most of the northern half of the US have been well below normal. The coldest regions are the upper mid-west and western Great Lakes.


The cold has extended into central Canada.


Snowfall so far this month:

Snowfall across the Mid-west, Great Lakes and Ohio Valley has been well above normal vs last year.

Look at the difference between last year through December 15 and this year:






Here in northern Ohio, we haven't experienced continuous cold like this between Thanksgiving and mid-December since 1958!






Seasonal snowfall is well above normal across northern Ohio with the most snow through December 15 since 2014.