Main points:
The Balazades and Etone fires in southern California destroyed more than 16,000 structures near Los Angeles and were responsible for at least 29 deaths. Dry conditions and winds near Hurricane Santa Anna contributed to the rapid deployment of fires during January. The ARCTIC AIRMASS fell in a season to the far south in southern Florida on January 19. The amounts of Six -inch snowfall ranged in East Texas to record 10 inches in parts of Florida Banhandel, as well as more than 10 inches in Lavaiite, Louisiana. January 2025 was the coldest January since 1988 and the sixth -sized numbers.
The most prominent other events:
Temperature
The average US temperature in January was 29.2 degrees Fahrenheit, and 0.9 degrees Fahrenheit is less than average, and the most amazing 31-year record arranged January (2005-25) for the US Climate Reference Network (USCRN). In general, the January temperatures were lower than the average of the central and southern Rocky to the middle of the Atlantic and southeast. The temperatures are higher than the average exist across parts of the West Coast, the northern dish and the northeast.
The Alaska temperature at the January level was 15.4 degrees Fahrenheit, 13.2 degrees Fahrenheit higher than a long -term average, as it ranks eighth in the registry period 101 years for the state. Higher than the average medium temperatures that dominate the country during the month of January.
For January, the average Hawaiian temperature reached 64.1 degrees Fahrenheit, 0.7 degrees Fahrenheit above the average of 1991-2020, ranked the middle third of the record for 35 years.
Fall
January of the rain of the United States was 1.39 inches, and 0.92 inches less than the average, as it was the sixth place in January sixth in the historic record. Rains were less than average across most of the west and from the northeast to the northeast and through parts of the southeast. Pockets of rain above the average were present across Rocky as well as parts of the middle and southern plains.
The average monthly rain in Alaska ranked first in January, which exceeds the record in 1949. Many rains decreased throughout the month with three to five times the average in most of the region from southwest Alaska, north -east, north East ranges.
The average rainfall across Hawaii in January was 6.09 inches, and 0.98 inches above average, ranked first in a third of 1991-2025 record.
drought
According to the dehydration monitoring report on February 4, about 42.4 % of the United States in drought, an increase of about 4.3 % of the end of December. Drought conditions have expanded or condensed across most of the southwest and parts of the south of Central Texas, as well as parts of Carolinas. Drought has been contracted or fell in intensity across parts of North Rocky and Hawaii.
Monthly expectations
The over the average temperatures are preferred to influence the northern parts of the southwest and southeast, while the rain is likely to be higher than the average across parts of the West and Great Lakes. Drought may continue or expand through parts of the middle and northern plains, the eastern coast, and from the southwest to the deep south. Prefer to visit the 30 -day official predictions and Outlook Monthly website in the United States for more details.
A large wild fire capabilities for February are higher than usual throughout southern California, south and southeast. For additional information about the capabilities of land lands, you prefer to visit land fire expectations at the National Center for National Agencies for a month.
For more detailed climatic information, check our comprehensive report in January 2025, scheduled for February 13, 2025. For additional information on the statistics provided here, you prefer to visit web pages on national maps.
