December 2025 General Discussion

[cyclone77]

-5 this morning here.  First subzero of the season.

EDIT:  Made it down to -6 later on..

[OrdIowPitMsp]

-4F here. Maybe we’ll drop another degree or two. Bit of an underwhelming cold snap, our average first subzero low is December 10th so it did arrive early this year. 

[hawkeye_wx]

Got down to -8º here, with some -teens across northern Iowa.

Models are amping up the weekend clipper.  The latest Euro is fairly robust.

[madwx]

-7 at the house. Got a -14 on the car thermometer at the local low spot. Winter is here, glad it matches the time of year I’m most excited for it

[Stevo6899]

26 minutes ago, hawkeye_wx said:

Got down to -8º here, with some -teens across northern Iowa.

Models are amping up the weekend clipper.  The latest Euro is fairly robust.

looks after an off year, iowa going back to being the hot spot...

[A-L-E-K]

1 hour ago, hawkeye_wx said:

Got down to -8º here, with some -teens across northern Iowa.

Models are amping up the weekend clipper.  The latest Euro is fairly robust.

 

decent trends on this one, these nw flow waves can flip flop either way so it's nice to see this one picking up some steam again

looks like 2-3 more in the pipeline, so any overlap areas could add nicely to their totals before temps look to become more problematic mid month

[SchaumburgStormer]

10 minutes ago, A-L-E-K said:

decent trends on this one, these nw flow waves can flip flop either way so it's nice to see this one picking up some steam again

looks like 2-3 more in the pipeline, so any overlap areas could add nicely to their totals before temps look to become more problematic mid month

We have the good karma going this year, I predict this one doesn't crap until MI

[Frog Town]

Until we get the mean trough to set up just up just to our west, we will have a repeat of last year....CAD with dusters here and there, always on the verge of a warm up.  Hope that thing can dump just to our west but we need the PNA to cooperate.  

[roardog]

Chicago snow futility is already off the table for this season and it's only Dec. 4th. It just won't be the same here this winter without that thread. lol

[Brian D]

BRRR! -10's with a couple -20's this morning. -sd's along the shoreline. -5 here in town (ranked 4th coldest). Dark over the lake with heavy sea smoke. Radar picking up an LES band over the water. BTW, the Sun just made it over the sea smoke. Takes a couple hrs after sunrise.

-12 Duluth (3rd)

-18 Hibbing (1st beat -17 1991)

-11 Brainerd (1st beat -2 1991)

-9 Ashland (T 1st -9 1972)

-12 St Cloud (T 3rd)

[nvck]

3 hours ago, Pellice said:

Recent arrival here, relocating from NJ to Cincinnati.  I was told there was less winter here!  5 inches Monday night, and now embedded in one of the more severe cold snaps I've experienced since 2018,  It's been some time since I've experienced more than a week when highs barely touched freezing.  

haha you should've been here last January, we had almost a foot in a 24hr span. 

[mannynyc]

Also got down to -8 here in Grinnell. Snowpack helps. Like the trends for the clipper. 

[nvck]

only got down to 14 here, but winds stayed between 6-10mph all night. yesterday's freezing rain/drizzle event left a nice coating of ice on the roads and sidewalks, and the snow now has a nice crust of ice on it as well.

[Stevo6899]

1 hour ago, Frog Town said:

Until we get the mean trough to set up just up just to our west, we will have a repeat of last year....CAD with dusters here and there, always on the verge of a warm up.  Hope that thing can dump just to our west but we need the PNA to cooperate.  

yea this cold with no legit snow is worst case scenario.

[RemoteSenses]

1 hour ago, nvck said:

only got down to 14 here, but winds stayed between 6-10mph all night. yesterday's freezing rain/drizzle event left a nice coating of ice on the roads and sidewalks, and the snow now has a nice crust of ice on it as well.

Fire Up Chips! I initially started there for Meteorology but after one semester, it wasn't for me long-term. I ended up graduating with a degree in GIS tho which has a lot of overlap with the MET group.

[michsnowfreak]

3 hours ago, Stevo6899 said:

looks after an off year, iowa going back to being the hot spot...

Iowa is rarely the hot spot because of no lake help of any kind. They can get a good storm though.

[michsnowfreak]

2 hours ago, roardog said:

Chicago snow futility is already off the table for this season and it's only Dec. 4th. It just won't be the same here this winter without that thread. lol

Moline IL set all.time low season snow last winter (8.2") and passed that total thus year in NOVEMBER 

[michsnowfreak]

1 hour ago, Stevo6899 said:

yea this cold with no legit snow is worst case scenario.

Im looking out the window beyond my Christmas decorations at a glistening blanket of snow. I can think of worse scenarios to be in in early December. And no, that doesn't mean i dont want a big storm too

[Stevo6899]

42 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said:

Im looking out the window beyond my Christmas decorations at a glistening blanket of snow. I can think of worse scenarios to be in in early December. And no, that doesn't mean i dont want a big storm too

Oh yea seeing the grass tips penetrate through the glistening blanket of snow, so beautiful. 

[Stevo6899]

3 hours ago, SchaumburgStormer said:

We have the good karma going this year, I predict this one doesn't crap until MI

Wisest thing you've ever said....

[sbnwx85]

6 hours ago, hawkeye_wx said:

Got down to -8º here, with some -teens across northern Iowa.

Models are amping up the weekend clipper.  The latest Euro is fairly robust.

Great path except it dies as it gets here.

[Brian D]

4 hours ago, michsnowfreak said:

Im looking out the window beyond my Christmas decorations at a glistening blanket of snow. I can think of worse scenarios to be in in early December. And no, that doesn't mean i dont want a big storm too

Cold, snowy start to Winter keeps the flies away 

[nvck]

5 hours ago, RemoteSenses said:

Fire Up Chips! I initially started there for Meteorology but after one semester, it wasn't for me long-term. I ended up graduating with a degree in GIS tho which has a lot of overlap with the MET group.

fire up!! yeah fair, i know a lot of people who are doing a minor or double major with met and gis

[Chinook]

below 0 primarily in MN, WI, and IA

 

[fluoronium]

With snow on the ground and highs below freezing through the foreseeable future, this is the first time that December has opened up feeling like winter here in a long time. 

[RogueWaves]

Gonna suck going back to regularly scheduled Decembers

[michsnowfreak]

8 hours ago, Stevo6899 said:

Oh yea seeing the grass tips penetrate through the glistening blanket of snow, so beautiful. 

There aren't grass tips here. But if there were. Any snow during the Christmas season enhances the mood. 

Also the cold glistening type of snow is more typical of mid winter than early December.

[OrdIowPitMsp]

Snowy morning in the Twin Cities. Another 1-2” today, looks like a good hit coming between I-80 & I-90 tomorrow. 

[A-L-E-K]

Impressive 

 

 

[King James]

Impressive 
 
 

I actually noticed that on the car dash this AM. It was 4 degrees when I left the house and 17 degrees when I pulled up to 69th and cottage