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| 1/18/2026 | MN-HN-66 | MN | Hennepin |
Moderately Wet
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| 2 inch of fresh snow plus due to rain a few weeks ago and was flash frozen that Ice is still on the ground and when the temp finally melts it there will be puddles of water all around. |
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| 1/18/2026 | OR-CC-76 | OR | Clackamas |
Mildly Dry
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| No rain for a week in the middle of winter. That happens sometime nearly every winter, but is not usually this warm, unless it happens in February. The creek has dropped below its ordinary winter level, I think. It's hard to be sure because the creek resculptured its bed when it flooded last month. Soil is in a workable state for gardening, but of course, the days are rather short still. I've been cutting down and digging out a patch of Himalaya blackberries, and the process is not at all muddy. I also started a tray of lettuce and brassica seeds, just in case the weather happens to be favorable to them early. The pullets have been laying for a couple weeks and are now producing at about 65%. Frankly, I'm surprised. There are plenty of weed sprouts for them to nibble, as well as some critters in the soil. I've been giving them a couple hours to free range in the afternoons so they can scratch up their own goodies. Song sparrows and spotted towhees appear to be flirting already. Daffodils are 6" tall, give or take a bit. We have had a foggy day, and a couple foggy mornings, but otherwise mostly clear with sunny days. Twice this week, I've had to break the ice in the watering pans. It was freezing by 7 PM this evening, so maybe we will have a pretty hard freeze tonight.
Rosettes of phacelias, bull thistle and tansy ragwort are looking robust and growing. I should check to see if there's a good crop of dandelion leaves. The weather people have been talking about high particulates and considerable pollen. I haven't noticed particulates (smog) here, but likely there is some pollen. Commercial hazelnut trees should be in bloom. The wild ones aren't yet. The little stream that flows out from our pond is rather choked with all the dead dried vegetation that matted down into it when we got all that extra rain last month. Ski season probably is a bust. The mountain doesn't even look properly white. Lots of bare spots. The county did dribble de-icer on our local roads this past week. Fire danger is low. |
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| 1/18/2026 | WI-FL-6 | WI | Florence |
Mildly Dry
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| For week 1/11-1/17 2026 Whelp, that was an interesting snow event yesterday until today. The snow that would never seem to stop finally did in the early afternoon 1 pm yesterday. Snowing again this Sunday a.m. from overnight and going to snow later on too as I see snow on the radar over North Dakota and Minnesota. Then it will get very cold for a couple of days. The readings I take this this a.m. go into next weeks report. -----
This was an active snow week up here in the great white north as we received 7.2" of snow for this week (collected another 1/2" during Saturday that will be in Sunday's readings) and .95" in water content---We have on the average 16" of snow on the ground. The snowbanks are roughly 4' high along the roads in town here and I have drifts over 20" high----We are now in the mildly dry sector but on the border of moderate where I am located according to the U.S. Drought map----USGS wild fire risk for the Upper Peninsula of MI and all of WI is very low.-----
Loggers and snow plows (the county commercial type and personal pick up trucks) on the road in large volumes over this week and very, very noticeable.-----
Deer are frolicking in the field a block away all week and run into the woods as the snowmobiles scoot by and then return as if nothing has happened. The deer look very nourished and healthy.-----
Birds seem to be doing well with a large number flying around in flocks and as solos eating berries off the neighboring bushes and out of my feeder. Eagle and an Osprey have been busy flying up and down the river this week as well and some ducks too.-----
Temperatures have been mild for this time of year and grateful for it and am sure the birds and animals are too. Again, Monday 1/19 and 1/20 are supposed to be super cold. Already have my vehicles prepared for these upcoming 2 days. -----Have a great week out there.-------
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