Weekly precipitation was 0.19 inches. This precipitation came in the form of sleet that fell after the 7am observation last Sunday January 25, 2026, and ended before noon that day. This was a continuation of the heavy sleet event experienced here from January 23-25. This event dropped 4.5 to 5.0 inches of sleet in the area. The liquid water equivalent for the storm was 2.52 inches and most of this water is still locked up as ice with 3 inches of ice still on the ground as of this report. Ice has been with us for 8 days now. We have been cold and frozen over and able to drive anywhere we desire on the farm (across fields, through ditches) all without leaving a track in the dense ice (only in the morning, by afternoon the ice layer would be melty and softer on top-especially Wednesday and Thursday when we went as high as 11 degrees above freezing). With rain in the forecast this coming Tuesday, it will probably get really mucky for a while this coming week as we thaw out and all this moisture begins to soak in. Here were the low temperatures each day this past week: 16,14,14,18,24,25,16. The highs:26,22,32,39,43,33,24. In conclusion, ground conditions are solid ice right now with colder than average temperatures in place this past week. We are near normal for rain so far this calendar year, but 74% of normal for the water year so far. Another note of importance: many buildings are not constructed to hold the weight of 5 inches of sleet, (especially in this area), the number of collapsed sheds, gas station awnings and even entire buildings (I have seen this first hand this past week) continues to grow. We lost a large span open sided shed this past week (and it fell on lots of our equipment) and the greenhouse attached to my house also collapsed. We never lost power though (we didn't have freezing rain). Areas just South and East of here had a very damaging freezing rain event at the same time we were measuring sleet in inches.