If you thought February was colder and snowier than how your grandfather remembers winters, you are correct. According to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer, February 2010 will go down in the history book of weather as being one to forget.

The normal average temperature for February in our community is 27.3 degrees. This year's average February temperature was 24.6 degrees. The highest temperature reading of the month was 38 degrees on Feb. 21 and 28. The low was -2 on Feb. 8.

The amount of snow that fell in February was 22.9 inches. It was a month to remember only to brag to your own grandchildren that you lived through it.