Precipitation .2 short in February

Actual precipitation total for February at the NRCS station in Colfax was charted as 1.79 inches which is two-tenths below the 1.99 average for the month and continues the string of below-normal months.

The late snow storms started in February and the tally at the station could have been off because the cold, dry snow could have blown off of the gauge.

Measured precipitation actually hit .85 over three days before the middle of the month, with .45 inches on Feb. 4, .16 on Feb. 12 and .24 on Feb. 13.

The Feb. 13 reading also logged four inches of new snow on top of two inches which had collecte...