Here we go again!
We've been spoiled the past few years with mild temperatures and minimal snowfalls so I guess we're due. The Quad City area experienced a low temperature last night of -8 degrees with a -20+ wind chill factor and another 2.7" of fresh "powder" (funny how when you're shoveling it, it doesn't feel like powder).
The total amount of snowfall since Dec 1 is 28.3" which is 5" more than "normal". According to the National Weather Service, here's the rest of the story:
TEMPERATURE (F)
YESTERDAY
MAXIMUM 22 1159 PM 60 1921 36 -14 33
MINIMUM -8 753 AM -14 1958 19 -27 20
AVERAGE 7 27 -20 27
PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.14 2.90 1883 0.05 0.09 0.72
MONTH TO DATE 0.91 0.80 0.11 0.98
SINCE DEC 1 4.86 4.58 0.28 4.83
SINCE JAN 1 1.83 2.38 -0.55 3.79
SNOWFALL (IN)
YESTERDAY 2.7 MM MM 0.2 2.5 0.2
MONTH TO DATE 13.3 4.6 8.7 0.7
SINCE DEC 1 28.3 23.2 5.1 17.3
SINCE JUL 1 28.3 26.4 1.9 17.3
SNOW DEPTH 7
You'd think after 50 years of Iowa winters that I'd be used to it. Nope. The farmers should be happy with the ground moisture. Personally, I'll take a warmer day with Active Rain anytime!
Lucky :)
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