Woke up to a 37.9* morning with a "feels like" of 33.3*! MUCH better than the 55* I've been waking up to. 9.62 inches of rain for the month. Been a tad soggy!

Yesterday's 2.34" of precipitation is the highest of this calendar year, and the highest since December 5th, 2023 (2.68”) That was my wettest December day ever (since 2011). Yesterday is tied in 3rd place for my all time wettest day.

The stations that didn’t lose power near me saw about 4.3” in 24 hours. The North Santiam drainage picked up about 4-7”.

Records are the record highs and max lows for the dates around Christmas. Most of these are in Danger with Christmas being the most likely to fall. 23: 73, 60 (1982) 24: 80, 61 (1955, 2021) 25: 73, 51 (1922, 2016) 26: 76, 57 (2008, 1936) For fun, here is how my area did for total snow Jan-Mar in those years (descending by date) 12.0, 0.2, 12.0, 5.2, 3.8, 10.3 -> Mean of 7.25" And departure from normal: -0.2, +6.7, +2.3, -1.5, -0.2, -2.6 -> +0.75, but 4/6 below normal. I don't really think this means much of course, but most just a reminder that anything can happen and the current pattern doesn't dictate the rest of the winter.

To be honest, this is kind of a dumb post. While it may not have been a “December to remember” for you and myself as well, it has been a notably good December for a lot of our members across the Midwest and Ohio Valley, at least up until this week. Since this forum covers a broad area across the Midwest and Ohio Valley, conditions have varied quite a bit. Some regions have enjoyed a strong December so far while others, like you and I, have experienced what’s been a fairly typical December in terms of snowfall. It’s also worth keeping in mind that the official winter season doesn’t even begin until this Sunday, so we’re still very early in the overall winter.