January has been a cold snowy month with 3.02 inches of precipitation measured compared to the NOAA normal of 3.39″. So far this water year, starting the first of October the moisture total is 13.72″ compared to the norm of 15.99″. So the dryness of last year is continuing.
My snowfall total this month is 22.8″ compared to my average of 16.7″. This goes back to the winter of 1993-94. The highest January snow total over that time is 37″ in 2011. I also saw 6 mornings with temps below zero in January. We did still manage to have a couple storms fall as rain or part rain. My season snow total stands at 37.3″.
There is currently have 14″ of snowpack on the ground and I can tell you the skiing this past week was very good. With the last large snowfall, snowmobiling now has many trails open, also helping the winter tourism businesses.
All numbers are from my location in the S.E. corner of Brattleboro and do vary with location.
