Monticello has received nearly 4.5 inches of water in the recent
storms, moving the year to date precipitation (water year begins
October 1) from 31 percent of normal to roughly 140 percent of
normal. In Blanding, the year to date precipitation has moved
from 50 percent of normal to roughly 200 percent of normal.
Warmer than normal temperatures may have masked the impact of
the storms because the precipitation has come largely in the
form of rain rather than snow. The general rule of thumb for
winter storms is that there is one inch of snow for every tenth
of an inch of precipitation. If that were the case in these
storms, Camp Jackson would have five feet of snow, Blanding
would have received three feet of snow and Monticello would be
buried in nearly four feet of snow since the storms began.