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.

Then we wound up seeing the Aurora Borealis. There were eclipses and comets. We set all kinds of records. It was an intense year. Every time you looked at news headlines they were about some kind of strange astronomical phenomena. It was a little eerie.

With 2025 starting off the way it has, it makes you wonder. What are we in for this year? I'm hoping it's a lot less eventful. I wouldn't mind seeing the Aurora Borealis again, but I can go without more record heat.

LOOK: The most extreme temperatures in the history of every state

Stacker consulted 2021 data from the NOAA's State Climate Extremes Committee (SCEC) to illustrate the hottest and coldest temperatures ever recorded in each state. Each slide also reveals the all-time highest 24-hour precipitation record and all-time highest 24-hour snowfall.

Keep reading to find out individual state records in alphabetical order.

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LOOK: The most expensive weather and climate disasters in recent decades

Stacker ranked the most expensive climate disasters by the billions since 1980 by the total cost of all damages, adjusted for inflation, based on 2021 data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The list starts with Hurricane Sally, which caused $7.3 billion in damages in 2020, and ends with a devastating 2005 hurricane that caused $170 billion in damage and killed at least 1,833 people. Keep reading to discover the 50 of the most expensive climate disasters in recent decades in the U.S.

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