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Condition Monitoring Report  
Station Number: ID-BK-27
Station Name: Inkom 5.5 N
Report Date: 1/25/2026
Submitted: 1/25/2026 6:34 AM
Scale Bar: Mildly Dry
Description:
General:  This isn't the lowest snowfall total we've had in the past 27 years, but it's tied for third.  I've uploaded an image of my uncalibrated snow measures since 1998.  To date in January we've had 12.7" of snow, and our 27 year average (uncalibrated) is 27.5" (sd=19.3").  It's dry, but looking at the standard deviation reveals that it is not totally abnormal. 
Agriculture: Snow cover on the winter wheat is pretty minimal.  It remains to be seen if the cold will damage the wheat.  It also remains to be seen whether the lack of snow will reduce crop yields in spring.
Energy:  We produced 8.97 kWHR yesterday (cloudy, foggy day) and used 57.91 kWHR yesterday.  Our usage is particularly inefficient because our heat pump is still down (2 months of parts back order due to supply chain problem).
Fire:  Low risk.
Plants/wildlife: The frozen fog certainly is beautiful, and the wildlife seem to work within its boundaries.  
Water:  As I said above, we're not in a great position.  In a normal year we would expect another 16" of snow this year (of the 110" we would normally get).  As it is we are at 24.6 for the year.  Not a great snow total.  Our snowpack, as of last week, was 2".  At this point last year we were at 19" snowpack.  
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