On January 20, up to two feet of snow fell across portions of the Northeast contributing to a record snowiest January for Caribou, ME - 59.8 inches.Below-average precipitation was scattered across the northern Tier, Northwest and parts of New Mexico and Texas. Much-below-average precipitation occurred across portions of Nebraska and Iowa.Above-average precipitation was scattered from California eastward to the Midwest and Great Lakes as well as into parts of the South and mid-Atlantic. During January, much-above-average precipitation was concentrated across the Northeast, parts of the Midwest, High Plains and Florida.This ranked among the wettest third on record. The January precipitation total was 2.49 inches, 0.18 inch above the 20th century average.January 2019 Statewide Precipitation Ranks Cold temperatures during mid-January were flanked by warmer temperatures at the beginning and the end of the month. This ranked in the warmest third of the 95-year period of record for the state. The Alaska January temperature was 7.4☏, 5.2☏ above the long-term average.This potential new record will be reviewed by the State Climate Extremes Committee in the coming weeks. On 31 January, Mount Carroll, IL recorded a temperature of -38☏, which is two degrees colder than the current Illinois record of -36☏ set on 5 January 1999 in Congerville, IL. All-time record cold temperatures were reported in parts of the Midwest on 31 January including Moline, IL (-33☏, previous record was -28☏ from ), Rockford, IL (-31☏, previous record was -27☏ from ), and Cedar Rapids, IA (-30☏, previous record was -29☏ from ). A significant cold air outbreak across the High Plains and Great Lakes at the end of January resulted in many record daily cold temperatures across the region. Below-average temperatures were confined to parts of Michigan, New York and Colorado.No state ranked below average for the month. California ranked 11 th warmest in January and was the only state to rank much-above-average for the month. Parts of the southeast, mid-Atlantic, High Plains and western U.S.temperature was 32.7☏, 2.6☏ above the 20 th century average, ranking in the warmest third of the 125-year period of record. For January, the average contiguous U.S.
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