‘Winter is not over,’ even if January is
Too early to predict if another front will arrive
Almost halfway through a freezing winter season, Jackson is bouncing back from wintry precipitation caused by record-breaking low temperatures in January. But is another snow event arriving before spring that residents should be bracing for?
Chad Entremont, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Jackson, said winter weather is possible but not certain through the month of February. He said it is too early for the service to predict if and when the area could see any snow from Feb. 10-18 like the city did in 2021.
“Winter is not over,” Entremont said. “There’s always a chance of some winter weather potential through the month of February because of big swings in temperatures,” Entremont said. “(Feb. 10-18) is not in the official forecast timeframe, and it’d be just speculation if we mentioned anything else.”
Only rainfall in the Jackson area has been forecast for the upcoming week.
Jackson NWS predicts the rain to move into the area Saturday, Feb. 3, and linger into the next morning. Weather conditions are expected to be drier by Sunday, Feb. 4.
As days move toward Feb. 8-10, temperatures in Jackson will be in the 40s to 60s. In areas north of Jackson, temperatures are anticipated to be cooler, while most of the rain will hit the central and southern portions of the state.
“Essentially over the next 10 days, it looks to be one or two days with some rain and then we dry out. So, it’s actually not too bad,” Entremont said.
Late winter snowfalls
Here are the Top 10 snowiest precipitation records for the Jackson area for the month of February. inches on Feb. 13, 1960 inches on Feb. 12, 2010 inches on Feb. 23, 1901 inches on Feb. 23, 1968 inches on Feb. 12, 1960 inches on Feb. 10, 1958 inches on Feb. 1, 1951 inches on Feb. 15, 2021 inches on Feb. 1, 1985 inch on Feb. 11, 1963
Source: National Weather Service in Jackson
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