Hey, it was January. What did you expect! The Bluffton-Pandora January 2011 average daily temperature was 21 degrees according to Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer. Our normal average January temperature is 23.7 degrees.
But that wasn't the big weather story for January 2011. The Bluffton-Pandora area recorded 16 inches of snow in the first month of the year. The January 2010 snowfall was 9.9 inches. The 60-year average January snowfall is 2.04 inches.
Bluffton snow plows hit the streets at 3 a.m. Monday, Jan. 31, according to Jamie Mehaffie, village administrator. He told The Icon that three village vehicles are plowing streets.
"I anticipate that the village crews will stop plowing sometime today where there is a lull in the storm," he said. "Then they will be back on the streets by evening."
Any way you approach it, we are headed into a potentially nasty week of winter weather. The Icon advises viewers to make plans accordingly.
Based on three Internet weather sites, predictions of anywhere from 8 to 14 inches of snow could occur here over the next three days. On top of that an ice storm is predicted.
The P-G Music Boosters will hold a chicken barbecue dinner from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 4, in the P-G School Auditeria. Tickets are $6.50 per person. The menu includes barbecue chicken, au gratin potatoes, green beans, dinner roll and a beverage. Tickets are on sale from P-G music students.
