It’s no secret that February started off on a cold, wet and white note here in the Raccoon River Valley. So much so that all three of our local weather reporting areas have far exceeded their normal monthly snowfall totals already.
According to the National Weather Service, Perry has received 10.6 inches of snow already this month. That’s more than twice the normal amount received in February of just over five inches. Jefferson saw 9.8 inches of snow this week, or almost 2.5 inches more than their normal monthly total. And a full foot of snow fell in Guthrie Center, also more than twice the normal amount in February of 5.4 inches.
Keep in mind, these totals are just from February 1st through now, so snow received last Saturday is not included.
In terms of precipitation, Perry has also exceeded the normal monthly total. With all the wet snow received this week, 1.21 inches of precipitation was recorded and just 0.8 inch is the normal average for the month. Jefferson has had just under an inch of total precipitation already, compared to the monthly average of 1.05 inches and Guthrie Center shows just a quarter of an inch of precipitation this week, where they usually see just over an inch in February.