February 2014 Weather Summary

We started the month with another cold snap and more dry weather. Then we finally shifted to a wet pattern. Last I heard, we were around normal for snow pack (the primary indicator in Washington of whether or not we will see drought conditions). I'm kind of curious how we have done since that last report I heard since we have had even more moisture since then.

Overall, it wasn't a bad month. Maybe the temperatures were a little cooler than ideal, but we got the rain we needed.

February Summary
Date	High	Low	Rain	Score
2/1	46˚	37˚	0.08"	78.88%
2/2	48˚	34˚	0"	50.12%
2/3	41˚	32˚	0"	43.24%
2/4	37˚	28˚	0"	37.16%
2/5	31˚	22˚	0"	28.05%
2/6	29˚	21˚	Trace	36.87%
2/7	38˚	23˚	Trace	45.29%
2/8	42˚	31˚	0.2"	76.16%
2/9	39˚	32˚	0.02"	57.05%
2/10	50˚	36˚	0.72"	83.71%
2/11	54˚	42˚	0.67"	91.52%
2/12	54˚	45˚	0.18"	94.75%
2/13	55˚	46˚	0.07"	87.21%
2/14	53˚	43˚	0.37"	92.85%
2/15	52˚	41˚	0.46"	90.18%
2/16	49˚	39˚	1.04"	83.75%
2/17	47˚	40˚	0.57"	85.09%
2/18	48˚	41˚	0.6"	86.47%
2/19	47˚	39˚	0.04"	72.68%
2/20	50˚	42˚	0.12"	90.93%
2/21	44˚	39˚	0.11"	84.11%
2/22	42˚	37˚	0.1"	80.04%
2/23	45˚	39˚	0.24"	84.29%
2/24	44˚	38˚	0.51"	81.55%
2/25	54˚	39˚	0.01"	71.71%
2/26	57˚	42˚	0"	63.04%
2/27	55˚	40˚	0"	60.00%
2/28	58˚	40˚	0"	62.31%
Average/Final Score				71.39%

For more information on how scores have been generated, visit my blog post at:

http://maritimeorca0.blogspot.com/2012/03/follow-up-weather-index-in-excel.html

The Month of February Over the Years
Rank	Year	Score		Rank	Year	Score		Rank	Year	Score		Rank	Year	Score
1	1961	81.33%		18	1987	72.06%		35	1970	68.50%		51	1952	64.50%
2	1958	80.50%		19	2013	71.63%		36	1962	68.42%		52	1964	64.46%
3	1983	79.59%		20	2014	71.39%		37	1954	68.10%		53	1960	64.43%
4	1998	78.78%		21	2012	71.30%		38	1990	68.04%		54	2011	64.09%
5	2010	78.67%		22	1980	71.15%		39	1996	67.96%		55	1997	63.63%
6	1984	77.30%		23	2004	71.06%		40	2008	67.14%		56	1988	62.72%
7	2007	76.94%		24	1977	70.98%		41	1967	66.96%		57	2001	62.67%
8	1979	76.81%		25	2000	70.32%		42	1981	66.94%		58	1949	62.15%
9	1999	76.42%		26	1982	70.21%		43	1994	66.85%		59	2009	62.09%
10	1992	74.57%		27	1950	70.20%		44	2002	66.38%		60	1955	61.63%
11	1972	73.26%		28	1968	69.72%		45	1973	66.32%		61	2003	61.26%
12	1963	73.06%		29	1976	69.68%		46	1953	65.99%		62	1985	61.04%
13	1978	72.81%		30	1975	69.67%		47	1969	65.77%		63	1956	59.53%
14	1974	72.78%		31	1965	69.04%		48	1957	65.05%		64	2005	57.58%
15	1991	72.55%		32	1995	69.03%		49	2006	64.71%		65	1989	56.81%
16	1971	72.54%		33	1986	69.01%		50	1951	64.64%		66	1993	56.51%
17	1966	72.33%		34	1959	68.79%

Keep in mind that scores are based off of averages. These values are likely to shift a little over time.

Year to Date (Through February) Over the Years
Rank	Year	Score		Rank	Year	Score		Rank	Year	Score		Rank	Year	Score
1	2010	79.03%		18	1984	70.33%		35	1972	68.04%		51	1951	64.63%
2	1958	78.05%		19	1971	70.27%		36	2003	67.97%		52	1952	64.54%
3	1983	77.53%		20	1990	70.15%		37	1981	67.88%		53	1969	64.36%
4	1998	76.84%		21	2000	70.13%		38	1982	67.79%		54	1980	64.33%
5	1961	76.55%		22	2004	69.61%		39	2011	66.92%		55	1989	63.40%
6	2006	75.18%		23	1975	69.49%		40	1991	66.81%		56	1988	63.02%
7	1999	74.97%		24	1994	69.31%		41	1954	66.80%		57	1955	62.82%
8	1953	74.31%		25	1976	69.31%		42	2013	66.80%		58	1962	62.66%
9	1992	74.11%		26	1970	68.99%		43	2008	66.30%		59	2005	60.96%
10	1978	73.60%		27	2014	68.98%		44	1979	65.65%		60	2009	60.16%
11	1986	72.72%		28	1987	68.86%		45	1960	65.63%		61	1963	59.89%
12	1995	71.38%		29	1964	68.84%		46	1997	65.61%		62	1957	58.58%
13	2012	71.09%		30	1965	68.61%		47	1956	65.35%		63	1950	58.02%
14	1966	71.01%		31	1996	68.54%		48	1973	64.86%		64	1993	57.46%
15	1967	70.87%		32	2007	68.31%		49	1977	64.82%		65	1985	54.25%
16	1968	70.47%		33	1974	68.07%		50	2001	64.63%		66	1949	51.63%
17	1959	70.47%		34	2002	68.05%