Our subscription to the Page County News and Courier has begun arriving. The paper is a regional weekly covering county news, published on Thursdays. We receive it, conveniently enough, on Fridays, which should give us enough overlap to know what's on out at the cabin when we head out there for the weekend.
Last week's edition had an article on January temps and the weather in general in Page County, file by Carl J. Quintrell III, Special Correspondent. Highlights:
January 2008 average afternoon high temp: 45.5 degrees
65 year average afternoon high: 43.5 degrees
Highest January 2008 temp: 69 degrees
January 2008 average low temp: 26.4 degrees
65 year average low temp: 24.5 degrees
Lowest January 2008 temp: 6 degrees
Two snowfalls during January:
.25 inch on January 15
4.5 inches on January 17.
Total rainfall was 1.12 inches, 1.44 inches less than the 65 year average of 2.53 inches. This continues the 2007 trend of less rainfall than average. The January 17 snow is included in this count, translating 4.5 inches of snow to the equivalent rainfall of .47 inches.
Peak wind gust was 52 mph on January 22.
There were 25 clear to partly cloudy days in Page County during January 2008.
All in all very pleasant weather, but the lack of rainfall does give one cause to worry in an agricultural area such as Page County.
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