The weather so far in 2025 has been crazy in Amarillo and all of the Texas panhandle. We’ve had a snowstorm that caught almost everyone by surprise. It shattered single-day records for snowfall in the area. We’ve had below-zero windchill and even had a snow squall warning for the first time ever. Oddly enough, it all comes off the warmest year we’ve had on record.
2024 Was The Warmest Year On Record In The Texas Panhandle
Think back to the summer of 2024. It felt like it was never going to end. I remember asking several times when fall weather would finally arrive.
We broke numerous records and even had the longest stretch of days with temps above 100. It shouldn’t be that big of a surprise, then, that 2024 had one more trick up its sleeve.
According to the National Weather Service in Amarillo, 2024 was the hottest year on record across the Texas panhandle.
2024 Was A Weird, Wild Year For Weather In The Texas Panhandle
National Weather Service Amarillo put out a recap of the entire year breaking down all of the major weather events. There was a lot of tragedy between wildfires, tornadoes, and flooding. There was a lot of heartache across the Texas panhandle in 2024 due to extreme weather…