If this winter felt colder and wetter than normal, it was. 🥶 But it also helped reduce Utah's drought severity.
Utah wasn't alone in having above-average precipitation this past winter. Many states across the West posted precipitation totals well above normal. Nevada ended up with its eight-wettest winter, while California and Colorado's winters each landed 11th overall. The pattern even continued eastward, where Wisconsin had its wettest winter on record and Minnesota had its second-wettest since 1895.
This map shows precipitation totals throughout meteorological winter. Many states across the West ended up with above-normal precipitation, while some Western states still ended up with below-normal precipitation. While 89% of Utah remained in at least a moderate drought to begin meteorological spring, the percentage of the state in extreme or exceptional drought dropped from 50.6% at the start of winter to 3.9% at the end of it,.
The same trend occurred throughout the West. Multiple states across the region ended up with below-average temperatures. Again, there was a tale of two winters in the U.S. Most East Coast states ended up with some of the warmest meteorological winters on record, including Massachusetts which ended up with its warmest season since 1895. Oddly enough, Wednesday's report notes that Boston's Logan International Airport recorded an all-time record low of 10 degrees below zero on Feb. 4 within the meteorological winter.
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