A soggy January, but . . .

We’re already about one-third higher than the average January rainfall, with three more days of rain predicted. On the flip side, says the National Weather Service:...ABOVE NORMAL JANUARY TEMPERATURES COULD LEAD TO WARMEST ON RECORD FOR MOST OF WESTERN WASHINGTON... WESTERN WASHINGTON HAS EXPERIENCED WARM TEMPERATURES THOUGH MOST OF JANUARY 2010. THIS MONTH COULD RISE IN THE RECORD BOOKS TO BE THE  WARMEST JANUARY ON RECORD FOR MANY LOCATIONS. THE WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE LARGELY ATTRIBUTED TO EL NINO. LISTED ARE THE TOP 5 WARMEST JANUARIES ON RECORD WITH THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURES  FOR JANUARY 2010 AS OF THE 27TH.

SEA-TAC AIRPORT (RECORDS KEPT SINCE 1945)

1. 46.6     2006
2. 46.4     1995
3. 45.7     2003
4. 44.9     1983
-  44.9     1994

JANUARY 2010    46.9 (THROUGH THE 27TH)

HOQUIAM (RECORDS KEPT SINCE 1953)

1. 47.2     2003
2. 46.3     1995
3. 46.2     1986
4. 46.0     1961
-  46.0     1981

JANUARY 2010    46.4 (THROUGH THE 27TH)