Two great satellite pics of the Pacific Northwest that show mid-January's persistent fog.

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=36743
Barb

Today it got up to 3*C and rained gently most of the day. As a result, parking lots, side streets and sidewalks are glare ice as the ground temperature is well below freezing. The main streets are wet with nice sized puddles as the storm drains are mostly covered with packed snow and ice. While out shopping, I had to drive around 3 cars stalled in the middle of the street as they had hit a puddle and drowned their engines.

Today's rain helped set a new record for rain in January and should also set a record for the most rain on a single January day.
These amounts are nothing compared with the rain on the lower mainland and the Island but it will take at least a week to clear up/cover up the ice.

What a month. First +1 or 2*C; then -31*C; followed by +10*C; then -26*C and now +3*C. 🙄

No wonder I have another cold.

Allen

These amounts are nothing compared with the rain on the lower mainland and the Island but it will take at least a week to clear up/cover up the ice.

Here, or better yet, Nanaimo (Departure Bay) the nearest recording station, the average precipitation total for January is 126mm (5 inchs).
Yearly average is almost 37".

This January has been quite dry so far compared to average.

Cheers, Barrie.

Our new record for rain in January is 19 mm. There is no new record for most rain any day in January as the city centre only got 4.5mm. The west end, where a TV station is located, got 7.5mm and we got about the same.

That doesn't seem like much but it translated into over 1/2 inch of ice.

Allen

Weather at us now from +15 to +30 ... recently begun to rain and the temperature dropped to +10 .. +15 .. .. Frost absent all fruit except grapes withered.

That is unfortunate. I hope that some will recover.

Allen

With temperatures that warm already in Spring, hope you get lots more rain for all the fruits and plants.
Barb