| 2/1/2026 | AL-WN-7 | AL | Winston |
Near Normal
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| Precipitation has been light this week, but last week's large amount of precipitation has kept soil moisture near normal. A dusting of snowfall has also provided a little precipitation, even though the snow water ratio was dry for Alabama (much greater than 5:1). Evergreen plants remain healthy, dust activity is low, and fire risk is low. |
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| 2/1/2026 | AZ-NV-42 | AZ | Navajo |
Mildly Dry
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| A roller coaster of high temperatures that started at 39° last Sunday and then rose into the 40's before rising more to 57° on Wednesday before cooling again into the 40's and rising to end the week at 55° on Saturday. Lows started in the teens before rising to the 20's where they stayed for the rest of the week. The low of the week was 18° on Monday. No precipitation fell last week and snow from the previous week has slowly melted and is now patchy in the shady areas. No strong winds last week. Daffodils are slowly getting taller and tulips and crocus are poking up out of the ground. No change in plant life in the surrounding open areas and not much wildlife seen last week. Only a few birds. Did smell a skunk one day which was the first sign of a skunk in the area in a long time. |
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| 2/1/2026 | AR-PL-1 | AR | Polk |
Mildly Dry
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| We received only a trace of precipitation this week that fell as snow flurries. The 2 week total is 2.3” and most of that fell as sleet last week and is partly still on the ground. It has been much colder than normal this past week with only a couple of days above freezing and several mornings in the single digits. Some melting of the ice has occurred and is improving the soil moisture deficit but there is still no improvement in the low water body levels. Plant/crop growth is basically non existent due to ice cover and cold. Local graziers are feeding much hay to their livestock. There is low fire danger at this time. |
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| 2/1/2026 | CA-MD-42 | CA | Mendocino |
Near Normal
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| Finally a quarter inch of rain in the last 7 days. Made the frogs happy and our plants. Ending January at 75% of normal and starting to cut into the abundance from November and December. Now slightly below normal for the water year. Not really affecting us much except for needing to water some plants. Beautiful sunny days! |
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| 2/1/2026 | CA-MD-45 | CA | Mendocino |
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| We had a small amount of rain since the last report -- just .39 inches. Not much impact on the overall amount this rain year so far. We are still well under the 40 inches needed to get us through the dry season without possible water restrictions. The weather has been mild during the day -- shirt sleeve weather. Signs of Spring are starting to show. Buds on the local ornamental plum trees are opening their pink blossoms and the hyacinths and daffs are starting to bloom. Dozens of birds are now feeding on our wax myrtle trees, since these are some of the last sources of winter berries. Quite a show of Yellow Rumped Warblers, Robins and Flickers. Ocean conditions were largely favorable for fishing this week, though there was some heavy surf. Not as many tourists in town. |
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| 2/1/2026 | CO-AR-413 | CO | Arapahoe |
Mildly Dry
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| Calendar YTD 34% of normal. Water YTD 35% of normal. |
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| 2/1/2026 | CT-NL-21 | CT | New London |
Mildly Dry
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| Since my last report on 12/20/25 there has been a total of 3.54" of precipitation. Hopeville Pond is frozen over. Water supply quality and quantity are good for human consumption. There are still a number of animal prints and various birds. There is still about 10" of snow in most of the area. |
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| 2/1/2026 | ID-BK-27 | ID | Bannock |
Moderately Dry
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| General: Starting to sound like a broken record. I've attached a figure for the last 27 years of Januaries (Uncalibrated totals), and this isn't the lowest, but certainly is low. I'm leaving us at Moderately Dry.
Agriculture: The winter wheat still has cover, though minimal, which should help it over-winter.
Energy: Yesterday was generally clear and we produced more than we used: 42.28 kWHR versus 37.85 kWHR.
Fire: Low risk at this time.
Plants/wildlife: We saw a bunny track, which is unusual for up here. We have had bunnies off and on, but generally we have so many predators here, combined with hard winters, that we usually don't have them.
Water: I'm concerned because of snow pack. |
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| 2/1/2026 | IL-AD-16 | IL | Adams |
Moderately Dry
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| It was a cold dry week. Snow is on the ground and was with us all week due to the cold temps. |
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| 2/1/2026 | IL-HY-30 | IL | Henry |
Mildly Dry
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| Another cool, dry week. Very little precipitation from light snow. January ended up at 38% of NOAA Norm with WYTD at 75%. I am going to keep the rating Mildly Dry for now, but if there is not some decent precipitation come February, I will probably move to scale to Moderate. Rivers remain low and completely ice covered. Conditions are supposed to warm this week with daytime highs above freezing with limited chances for precipitation. |
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| 2/1/2026 | IL-KN-67 | IL | Kane |
Near Normal
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| Conditions are normal for this time of year. Over 3 inches of snow remains on the ground. |
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| 2/1/2026 | IN-BR-6 | IN | Brown |
Moderately Wet
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| Snow cover is preventing or inhibiting many outdoor activities. |
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| 2/1/2026 | IN-OW-9 | IN | Owen |
Near Normal
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| Normal conditions, no adverse affects |
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| 2/1/2026 | IN-PR-3 | IN | Parke |
Mildly Dry
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| very cold and windy over the past week along with snow flurries |
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| 2/1/2026 | IA-TY-2 | IA | Taylor |
Mildly Dry
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| Precipitation for Jan. was normal. Still remains dryer than normal overall, especially subsoil moisture. |
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| 2/1/2026 | IA-WB-17 | IA | Webster |
Mildly Dry
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| Temperatures have been on the cold side this past week with coldest of the season, -16F. Little or no snow cover. Most days started cloudy may break to sun in afternoon. Light snow at end of week (0.3in) |
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| 2/1/2026 | KS-DG-84 | KS | Douglas |
Mildly Dry
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| ground snow covered |
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| 2/1/2026 | KY-GY-9 | KY | Grayson |
Near Normal
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| 0.84” rain/snow melt, 1.0” fresh snow this week, with the freezing rain last Sunday making a real mess of things. Melted snow & ice made a thick crust on everything and single digit temps kept it intact. Road out front wasn't cleared until Friday. Luckily our power stayed on, as we were hunkered down and not going anywhere. Had to use a garden spade to chop through the crust to get snowpack depth. A frostquake one evening had us thinking a tree landed on the roof. Deer aplenty in mid-day appearances. Birds enjoying the sunflower in the feeder. Lots of hawks hunting. |
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| 2/1/2026 | ME-WL-8 | ME | Waldo |
Moderately Dry
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| Recent snow had a low moisture content.\.Unless there is a wet spring it looks like another dry summer. |
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| 2/1/2026 | MA-BA-57 | MA | Barnstable |
Near Normal
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| January wraps with a catch total of 4.20” – pretty much bang-on to PRISM average (4.22”). Ground is snowcovered, a bit less pack each day due to compression and sublimation. Pond has been completely frozen over since 1/26 snowfall so no waterfowl are visible. Terrestrial birds and squirrels are active at the feeders; haven’t seen much other wildlife other than plenty of tracks. ON EDIT, 8:21 AM: Two large, healthy coyotes making their way along the ice on the pond. |
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| 2/1/2026 | MA-BE-36 | MA | Berkshire |
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| A snowstorm Sunday and Monday brought the snowpack to well over a foot and brought precipitation for the month and water year to near normal. Temperatures well below average resulted in no snow melt while brooks and streams remain frozen over and snow covered. There is ample snow on Mt Greylock trails for snowmobiling, and skiing, though very cold temperatures have been limiting activity. The snow is also excellent for snowshoeing once a trail is broken. The deep snow doesn't seem to hinder the deer with their long legs, or the squirrels and rabbits that can stay on the surface, but the coyotes, fox and porcupine have been making good use of my packed snowshoe trails where it suits their purpose. |
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| 2/1/2026 | MA-PL-15 | MA | Plymouth |
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| The U.S. Drought Monitor has my town split between D0 and D1 so I suppose we are actually "mildly dry" but with 15 inches of snow in the past week (12 still on the ground) it is difficult to say that surface conditions are anything but near normal. Having said that we haven't had this much snow on the ground in several years. The birds are flocking the bird feeder but I haven't checked the cameras since the snow fell so I don't know if any unusual 4 legged activity has occurred. |
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| 2/1/2026 | MA-PL-48 | MA | Plymouth |
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| We finished the month of January with 3.45" of precipitation which is 81% of PRISM normal. Total snowfall was 25.9". The ground has been covered with snow for most of the month with below average temperatures. |
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| 2/1/2026 | MA-WR-41 | MA | Worcester |
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| 1.39 melted precipitation during the past seven days, 2.98 melted precipitation in January, 20.75 inches of snow from last Sunday's storm, 17.5 inches of snow on the ground this morning, 30.5 inches of snow in January. l.ocal streams mostly frozen, birds very active during mid day. Mid-winter conditions, temperature hasn't been above freezing for at least 10 days. |
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| 2/1/2026 | MA-WR-112 | MA | Worcester |
Moderately Wet
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| Snow has dominated the week, with temperatures colder than than we have seen in years. These conditions have brought on memories of what winter used to be like back in the "olde" days. Much of the eastern and midwestern states have been in a polar vortex. Locally, most nights have been in single numbers for temps, even daytime highs are below freezing. That set us up for snow. Over about 36 hours, we got about 14" of snow this week. A seven inch storm the week before hadn't melted much bringing the snowpack to about 18". The SWE for the week was 1.89", up to 2.42" with the unmelted snow from the earlier seven inches.
Much of our daily activities have been affected by the snow and cold. Schools and businesses have had "snow days" including working from home. Shoveling, snowblowing and plowing, trying to deal with ice dams on roofs have been the focus of many of us. Stories of broken pipes (freezing and thawing) and leaking roofs (ice dams) are both on the news and part of neighborhood scuttlebutt. Groundhog Day is tomorrow. No matter what weather predictions for Pennsylvania will be, it's a reminder for all of us that in a month or so, winter will be mostly behind us.
In addition to the usual birds, squirrels and rabbits, what appears to be a fox visited my yard recently. That's an extra benefit of snow - telltale footprints capture things that otherwise might go unnoticed. That's a bit unusual for the center of town.
The local ski area has been packed. Kids, both large and small, are taking advantage of weather conditions. It's all good... |
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| 2/1/2026 | MI-AN-25 | MI | Allegan |
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| Our conditions this week were Near Normal with 0.31" of precipitation falling over 6 days as 8.6" of snow. The week had a snowpack ranging from 11" to 13.5". January ended with us getting a monthly total of 2.51" of precipitation (very close to NOAA monthly average of 2.53") and 36.3" of snow. Daily high temperatures this week were way below seasonal average never getting any higher than the mid-teens (F), and getting as low as -8F this morning. Once again, icy conditions and low visibility caused by blowing snow resulted in traffic accidents on local roads. Many schools in western Michigan including our local schools were closed a day or two this week due to hazardous weather, and some school districts are running out of "snow-days". Many birds have been seen daily at our bird-feeder and water bath, and many waterfowl are still seen on the open waters of the river. The Kalamazoo river is still mostly open except for a lots of ice that is forming around islands and slower channels. The local millrace is has a small channel running in the middle (see attached photo), but has frozen over in spots resulting in water back up that is flooding our local river walk. |
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| 2/1/2026 | MI-BN-28 | MI | Berrien |
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| The streak of 17 days of measurable snow ended this morning in exchange for bitter cold temperatures (-12.1 at 7:00 this morning). Speaking of cold, temperatures never threatened to thaw at any point during the week, which has left a persistent snow pack with huge piles of snow where it was plowed in parking lots or due to wind drifts. Lake Michigan is reported to be 26% frozen and it is ice as far as visible in this area. Curiously, Hickory Creek remains in its liquid state. Wintery weather continues to cause traffic problems, school closures, and high demands on the electric grid. The full range of winter outdoor winter activities remain available. Snow often fell during high winds so data are probably lower than actual but are as follows: gauge catch 0.58 inches, snow 13 inches, snow water equivalent 0.86 inches. The snowpack this morning averaged nine inches. Hopefully the eventual thawing will be gradual but as long as freezing temperatures continue, conditions remain normal. |
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| 2/1/2026 | MI-WS-81 | MI | Washtenaw |
Near Normal
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| Normal conditions with adequate snowfall for outdoor Winter activities. |
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| 2/1/2026 | MN-HN-128 | MN | Hennepin |
Moderately Dry
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| January started somewhat mild with slowly increasing Temperatures reaching a Hi of 47° by mid-month, then shifting gears and took a week to remind us of the bitter chills by dropping to -20° over the course of a week and departs with a measly 4.4” of Snowfall. The Snowpack showed significant melt from 10” to 4.5” rather quickly. The remaining pack is a much harder mix of ice and snow making it difficult to dig down and retrieve a core. It’s definitely been a meager Winter so far. Heck, several of those deep South States have received more Snow this weekend than we have, including total Snowpack. February has just started off with a quick early morning Snow Shower of 1.2” and a rising Temp(s) from 19°.
Forecast: Temps slowly rising with highs reaching above freezing by mid-week. Partly Cloudy increasing to Mostly Cloudy skies. Light Winds and no Precipitation expected.
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| 2/1/2026 | MN-NB-7 | MN | Nobles |
Mildly Dry
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| Minimum snowfall for this area this winter so far indicates we are still in drought conditions. There is no measurable snow on the ground anywhere you would want to check a depth. |
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| 2/1/2026 | MN-OL-18 | MN | Olmsted |
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| Only a trace of snow precipitation was recorded during two days this past week. Today's report= 17°,73% humidity, overcast with gusty 5-15 mph southerly winds and an air quality index of 55 at the 5:30 a.m. observation time. NWS-issued Hazardous Weather Outlook= https://tinyurl.com/52rz82rc The full "Snow Moon" is setting in the western sky = https://tinyurl.com/yth27anw Minnesota Weathertalk= https://tinyurl.com/4twks65n Douglas Weatherblog= https://tinyurl.com/2fyca4cy NWS "Weather Story"= https://tinyurl.com/5asan4m3 SE MN Road Conditions= https://tinyurl.com/3fhk5ex9 Wind Chill Map= https://tinyurl.com/bdhdhuz5 USA Drought Monitor Map= https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/ YTD precipitation in this area= 0.81" which is 0.18" less than average. Worth Reading = https://tinyurl.com/e2cb34mw |
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| 2/1/2026 | MN-OL-131 | MN | Olmsted |
Mildly Dry
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| With .06" of observed precipitation in the past week, conditions at this station are still Mildly Dry. Patchy snow remains from previous weeks, but conditions have been bitterly cold with unpleasant ice. Unheated water dishes for wildlife are frozen over, and they are only present when the Sun breaks through. Birds, deer, and community cats are the animals currently showing themselves. Recreation is possible but limited to short times with warm gear. |
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| 2/1/2026 | MS-CH-3 | MS | Coahoma |
Mildly Dry
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| Weekly precipitation was 0.19 inches. This precipitation came in the form of sleet that fell after the 7am observation last Sunday January 25, 2026, and ended before noon that day. This was a continuation of the heavy sleet event experienced here from January 23-25. This event dropped 4.5 to 5.0 inches of sleet in the area. The liquid water equivalent for the storm was 2.52 inches and most of this water is still locked up as ice with 3 inches of ice still on the ground as of this report. Ice has been with us for 8 days now. We have been cold and frozen over and able to drive anywhere we desire on the farm (across fields, through ditches) all without leaving a track in the dense ice (only in the morning, by afternoon the ice layer would be melty and softer on top-especially Wednesday and Thursday when we went as high as 11 degrees above freezing). With rain in the forecast this coming Tuesday, it will probably get really mucky for a while this coming week as we thaw out and all this moisture begins to soak in. Here were the low temperatures each day this past week: 16,14,14,18,24,25,16. The highs:26,22,32,39,43,33,24. In conclusion, ground conditions are solid ice right now with colder than average temperatures in place this past week. We are near normal for rain so far this calendar year, but 74% of normal for the water year so far. Another note of importance: many buildings are not constructed to hold the weight of 5 inches of sleet, (especially in this area), the number of collapsed sheds, gas station awnings and even entire buildings (I have seen this first hand this past week) continues to grow. We lost a large span open sided shed this past week (and it fell on lots of our equipment) and the greenhouse attached to my house also collapsed. We never lost power though (we didn't have freezing rain). Areas just South and East of here had a very damaging freezing rain event at the same time we were measuring sleet in inches. |
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| 2/1/2026 | MT-GN-11 | MT | Gallatin |
Moderately Dry
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| Epic "winter" continues. The ground is bare again (first time on this date since I started observing 13 years ago). Only the heavy rain and early snows in October/November keep the water year numbers near normal. Only the high mountain slopes (>7000') are white. Late summer runoff might be OK, but will there be enough spring runoff to fill the reservoirs? I fear for the trees when/if we get a cold snap, because buds are appearing. |
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| 2/1/2026 | NV-WH-2 | NV | Washoe |
Near Normal
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| January precipitation was only 42% of normal here but total precip for the winter is still 135% of normal thanks to November and December rains. Mountain snow pack was 95% of avg on Jan 1 and now down to 63% on Feb 1 even though total precipitation is still 115% in the mountains (lots of upper elevation rain in Nov and Dec). With no storms on the horizon for the next week things are getting a bit worrisome. Temperatures for January were well above normal and winds were very light thanks to persistent ridge of high pressure dominating the western U.S. |
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| 2/1/2026 | NJ-HN-31 | NJ | Hunterdon |
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| snowpack has decent moisture content, streams and river mostly iced over |
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| 2/1/2026 | NM-BR-266 | NM | Bernalillo |
Moderately Wet
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| Snow melt leaves standing water in ruts and low depressions |
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| 2/1/2026 | NM-TR-21 | NM | Torrance |
Near Normal
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| Mostly normal conditions. Dry is pretty normal for our area. Temps have been cool but normal. Haven’t seen any wildlife near us for several weeks. Lots of birds at our feeder. Manzano mountains show some snow. Fire danger is higher but normal. |
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| 2/1/2026 | NY-CQ-22 | NY | Chautauqua |
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| We have a solid snowpack and the frostline is near normal |
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| 2/1/2026 | NY-SL-21 | NY | St. Lawrence |
Mildly Dry
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| Toss up! Mildy Dry or Near Normal. Technically, precipitation every day of the past seven days. But very cold temps locks all of this in snow and ice and no condition change really noted- everything is dormant. Therefore, going with Mildy Dry this week but it was a toss up.
In observations, local winter resident birds have been appreciating seed and open water. Bunny rabbit has been around. A poor sparrow died in the yard.
Allergies have been high and general stuffiness has been very high, with some tissue bleeding due to the general low indoor humidity.
Daylight has been increasing and it is possible that the last of the truly scary double digit below zero temps have passed for this winter. Therefore, cause for hope! |
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| 2/1/2026 | NY-WN-18 | NY | Wayne |
Near Normal
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| With over 0.70" of precipitation received within the last week and over 1.25" inches of water equivalent snowpack, the conditions can be considered near normal for this time of year. The sump pump is activating less than usual; this can be attributed to the very cold temperatures resulting in the ground water freezing. |
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| 2/1/2026 | NY-WC-32 | NY | Westchester |
Near Normal
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| Persistent deep snow cover |
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| 2/1/2026 | NY-WY-11 | NY | Wyoming |
Near Normal
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| Mostly cloudy and cold with light winds, then mostly cloudy and cold overnight with light winds and light snow. The high temperature was around fifteen degrees, and the low around six degrees Fahrenheit. Songbirds are eating a feederful every day. The local intermittent stream and nearby trout stream are flowing at Winter levels. Some stream crossings are difficult due to snow drifts and ice. |
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| 2/1/2026 | NC-DH-6 | NC | Durham |
Moderately Dry
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| Gonna stick with moderately dry. Even though right now it’s majorly frozen! Streams are still low. We did have the equivalent of .57” this past week, which was all in frozen form. Which gave us a grand total of 1.41”for the month of January. Super cold temperatures, 15 to 20° below normal most of the last 10 days have been accompanied by very low humidity. It’s really noticeable in the broadleaf evergreens. Streams are still low. Really need a nice slow couple or 3 inches of rain to get us back in good shape |
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| 2/1/2026 | OH-DL-36 | OH | Delaware |
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| Snow continues to cover the property - roads, drive, and sidewalk are clear / cold has been the issue for staying out of doors longer than necessary |
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| 2/1/2026 | OH-GR-49 | OH | Greene |
Near Normal
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| We have a snowpack depth of 9.5 inches today. Last weekend we received a record snowfall of 13.5 inches. This was followed by a deep freeze this week with lows below zero and wind chills up to 22 degrees below zero. Traveling has improved as the snow was cleared from the streets. Wildlife has been affected with small mammals mostly hidden in burrows or nests with very little observable activity. Some larger mammals such as deer and coyote's have been venturing out. Birds have been active and observed looking for seeds and nuts and congregating around feeders. Overall it has been a subdued environment outside due to the harsh temperatures and the amount of snow we received. |
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| 2/1/2026 | OH-PB-1 | OH | Preble |
Near Normal
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| Streams are near normal for this time of year, smaller streams are frozen. Precipitation for January finished about an inch below normal for the month.
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| 2/1/2026 | OK-MY-12 | OK | Mayes |
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| Still snow on about 70% of the ground with the average snow depth 2”. |
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| 2/1/2026 | PA-BT-15 | PA | Butler |
Near Normal
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| This past week’s presentation was 0.89”, all SWE. There was 12.7” of snowfall, 3 days with a trace of snowfall, only one day w/o precip. There is currently 14.0” of snow on the ground for a SWE of 1.20”. Last Sunday featured a record snow storm of 16.5” total. Average soil temperature is 30F. Air temperatures have been bitter cold, much below normal. Several mornings were below zero, lowest temperature was -14F. Last day above freezing was January 22nd. |
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| 2/1/2026 | SC-YR-103 | SC | York |
Moderately Dry
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| To paraphrase that song by the Grateful Dead..."What A Long, Strange Week It's Been!" The week started with Winter Storm Fern that left a 1/4" thick glaze of an ice/sleet/snow mix. Mid-week saw warming temps that melted it all, then Friday night into all-day Saturday a snowstorm left 6" of light, fluffy snow. While this amount is not a record, it is the most significant snowfall since a record 18" was recorded at a local station in 2004. All these ice and snow events of this past week resulted in a total of 0.90" water equivalent. Despite this precipitation, York County, South Carolina remains in "Moderately Dry" condition, as substantiated by the U.S. Drought Monitor map showing a D2-Severe Drought Intensity. While the eventual snow melt from this storm will be beneficial, it will take more precipitation to change these designations. Locally, area lakes remain 3-5 feet below normal pool levels, and statistically, precipitation is 2.62" below normal both month- and year-to-date, and 0.61" below last year. A mix of chickadees, cardinals, wrens, and sparrows are quite busy at the feeders, and the snow and cold doesn't deter them at all. |
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