January Discobs 2025

[aldie 22]

down to 27 this morning was 31 when i woke up but dropped just before sunrise

 

[North Balti Zen]

I’ve still got a full glacier of snow pack on my north facing hillside that is relatively shielded from the sun .

[dailylurker]

Trail conditions at my local hiking spot were terrible yesterday. Greasy mud and half frozen sheets of ice made me thankful for the forecasted rain. I'm ready to start over fresh with another 10" snowstorm. 

[PrinceFrederickWx]

I still have some patches of snow and ice IMBY, mostly in shady spots. So that’s been 27 days of snow on the ground.

December gets an “F” but January gets an “A” for sure.

[GramaxRefugee]

1 hour ago, PrinceFrederickWx said:

I still have some patches of snow and ice IMBY, mostly in shady spots. So that’s been 27 days of snow on the ground.

December gets an “F” but January gets an “A” for sure.

After last year, Dec 2024 must be at least F+. (Unless last year can be F-. But I didn't now there was a minus possible on F. Maybe I just don't know how to fail well, even after all those years following the Redskins)

[MN Transplant]

Had held on to a Trace for my CoCoRahs snow depth report up until this morning.  Mark it zero.

[pazzo83]

DCA at 54/33 on the day.

[aldie 22]

Looks like everything shifted south with the rain...it sure doesn't look like an all day washout to me. 0.06 so far

[WxUSAF]

Where’s my rain??

[BlizzardNole]

The way radar looks we'd be flipping out if this was snow!  Hoping for some rain to wash the salt off the streets

[high risk]

Still looks like one batch of rain during the midday and another this evening.  

[wxdude64]

Had 0.67 in gauge when doing CoCoRaHS report this morning at 7 am. That will get me closer to 3 inches for the month. Already another 1/4 inch or so from what I can tell looking out the window. Currently 38.9/38.2 with fairly heavy rain and fog. 

[wxdude64]

1 hour ago, wxdude64 said:

Had 0.67 in gauge when doing CoCoRaHS report this morning at 7 am. That will get me closer to 3 inches for the month. Already another 1/4 inch or so from what I can tell looking out the window. Currently 38.9/38.2 with fairly heavy rain and fog. 

Update- around 1/2 in gauge now, temp has gone down a hair to 38.6/38.0. Little brooks/ditches are full and running fast, and the snow facing north and shaded is retreating. Around a quarter to 3/10ths rainfall per hour rates. Too bad it wasn't about 5 degrees colder.... 

Update of update, just elevated from Flood watch to Flood warning from NWS Blacksburg.

[WxUSAF]

There will be rain on this rainy day, right?

[MN Transplant]

Surprising amount of lightning showing up in PA.

0.30” here

[Paleocene]

Mod/heavy rain

[stormy]

.77" rain total at 12:45.

Much needed because the Drought Monitor yesterday put Staunton/Waynesboro back into Moderate Drought.

January was a dry month with only .95" liquid the first 30 days.

[Interstate]

The ground is still rock hard.  I have puddles everywhere.

[wxdude64]

Sometimes it JUST ISN'T NWS's day. Forecast for today yesterday was rain and 55, cooler Saturday (51) before warming back into the upper 50's S, M and T. I have warmed a few degrees, currently 43.4/42.2 with rain. There is NO WAY barring a miracle I'm getting into mid 50's today before that front moves thru later this afternoon/evening lol. 

Oh, I glanced at forecast before I hit send, now 46 for a high, 47 tomorrow and 38 Sunday. Sheesh. 

[aldie 22]

48 with 0.43 on the day so far with light steady rain. 

[Terpeast]

0.53” so far

have not recorded a 60 degree day this January. Average temp will finish 38/22 with a mean of 30F this month. Very decent

[astarck]

Good precip orientation for the metro area. It’s a shame we can’t do this in snow storms.

[WVclimo]

11 hours ago, WxUSAF said:

There will be rain on this rainy day, right?

Only 0.12” here.

[pazzo83]

5 hours ago, Terpeast said:

0.53” so far

have not recorded a 60 degree day this January. Average temp will finish 38/22 with a mean of 30F this month. Very decent

at my station, high for the month was 58.3F, low of 10.6F.  Average temp of 31.1F.

[WVclimo]

Coldest January since 2014 at all the local stations. Monthly departure  and means:

DCA -3.3  (34.2)

IAD -3.5  (30.4)

BWI -4.0 (30.3)

MRB -4.5  (27.9)

[The Dude]

Ended up with .78" of rain yesterday.  That finally did in the last of the snow on the deck after 25 days of snow cover.

[GramaxRefugee]

January total 0.88 (0.63 of which fell on last day). 11.9" snow

Highest temp 58,   lowest 4

[Herb@MAWS]

Approx 1.05” precip in January ‘25 IMBY. 

[wxdude64]

My numbers for Jan 2025. 

Averaged high was 35.6 vs a normal of 42.0, a -6.4 degrees below average and 4th coldest recorded. Highest temp for month was on the 31st with a 54.1 degree reading. Averaged low temp was 16.7 degrees vs a normal of 22.4 degrees, a -5.7 degrees below average. Lowest temp recorded was 0.2 degrees on the 23rd. Overall averaged temp was 26.2 degrees vs a normal of 32.2 degrees, a -6.0 degrees below average and 4th coldest January recorded behind 2014, 1982 and 1988. Total precip for the month was 2.71 inches vs a normal of 2.94 inches, a -0.23 inch below average. The wettest day was the 6th with 1.51 inches falling. There were 9 days with measurable, 10 days with a 'T' and 12 dry days. Total snowfall for the month was 10.4 inches vs a normal of 5.8 inches, a +4.6 inches above average. The snowiest day was the 6th with 7.2 inches falling. There were 7 days with measurable, 10 days with a 'T' and 14 snowless days. Highest wind recorded was 46 mph on the 30th. Recorded 17 days with winds exceeding 25 mph.  There were two new records set the same day (6th), new daily precip and new daily snowfall. Overall a cold and snowy month, with plenty of wind.