Temperatures were up last month, and precipitation was down in Jacksonville.
The average temperature last month was a little over 35 degrees. That’s about 3 degrees higher than normal.
It was not an extravagant range last month. There were were just two of single degree readings, and one night of a below zero reading. At the other end of the spectrum, we hit 70 or better only twice.
We ranged from 75 on the 28th, to 1 below on the 1st. A typical day last month saw a high of 48, and a low of 22 and a half.
Precipitation basically occurred on just one night…the 14th. Our total last month was 51-hundredths. That’s a little less than an inch below normal.
There was just a trace of snow.
The winter months began with a bang. We started December with over 10 and three quarters of an inch from November, to over 8 and a half inches in December to over 6 and a half inches of white stuff in January. That’s about 25 and a half inches of snow over the three month period starting in November, and ending last month. Normal snowfall for that period is 15 and two thirds inches.
And, we were below normal precipitation each month.
The new month includes a lot of rain in the first week. We shall see.
WLDS-WEAI is an official observer for the National Weather Service.