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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

The End of a La Niña January

The preliminary numbers are in and lust like any well behaved  La Niña january this one was warmer than normal and wet. The average high temp 5.4°F warmer than normal, the average low 3.5° warmer than normal and the month 4.9° warmer than normal. 

It was also a wet month with 2.29" or rain more than normal and snowfall 4-9" less than normal.

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As I write this the rain has started. Is this going to be a record setting deluge?  No way. The video explains.

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