Dangerously Dry Mid-Atlantic States And Florida
05/04/2025, 2:16 pm EDT
Climate Impact Company U.S. Daily Report
Highlight: The April 2025 U.S. climate pattern. Very warm, on the wet side.
Fig. 1: The NOAA state rankings for temperature observed in April 2025 based on the 131-year climatology.
Discussion: April 2025 was (nationally) the 12th warmest April on record. The entire Gulf region, Southeast U.S., and most of the East Coast averaged MUCH ABOVE normal (Fig. 1). North Carolina and Virginia observed their 2nd warmest months of April in the 131-year period of record. Only the North-central U.S. States were not warmer than normal each averaging near normal for mid-spring. The U.S. was 36th wettest on record during April thanks to a large difference in regional rainfall. Oklahoma observed their 3rd wettest April on record while Missouri was 4th wettest and Kentucky 2nd wettest (Fig. 2). There were dry zones including much of the West plus Florida and North Carolina. Florida was 12th driest on record while Colorado was 15th driest on record. The Climate Impact Company constructed analog forecast for April was not warm enough in the Northwest/West States (Fig. 3) while the wet forecast for April was slightly too east of where heaviest rains were observed (Fig. 4).
Fig. 2: The NOAA state rankings for precipitation observed in April 2025 based on the 131-year climatology.
Fig. 3-4: The Climate Impact Company constructed analog temperature and precipitation anomaly forecasts for April 2025.