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A USDA meteorologist's list of top weather events in our nation this year includes what appears to be one of the warmest years on record. (Rod Bain and Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey looks at December temperatures so far and if that is enough to push 2024 into the record books as the warmest year ever, surpassing 2012.

Tornadic outbreaks were recorded in several parts of the Southeast during a stretch of days after Christmas. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey goes over a series of tornadoes in the Southern U.S. in the days following Christmas.

The year-to-year transition will be reflected weather-wise by above normal temperatures in much of the country experiencing deep cold in the first days of 2025. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey says the first days of January 2025 will feature a series of cold fronts bringing frigid air to many parts of the nation.

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey says chances of snowfall should increase throughout the coming week as colder air established itself across much of the country.

The trend of more distinct lines where precipitation, especially snow, falls in the West is expected to continue from the last days of 2024 into the first days of 2025. (Rod Bain and USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey)

USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey says a cold outbreak in the Eastern two thirds of the nation could also bring precipitation to parts of that area during the period of January 6 – 12.

Want to keep that old real Christmas tree around your home a little longer and put it to good use? There are ways to do it. (Gary Crawford and retired Kansas State University forester, Charlie Barden)