General Awareness: 
Precipitation: 80.8 mm of precip in the last 14 days.  This overlapped with a 10 day period of no recordable rainfall.  Precipitation for January ended up being 188.0mm, which is 99% of the average & 3.1 times as much as we got last January.  February-so-far is 263% of average. The water-year-so-far is 97% average, but 141% of this time-last year.  We have not yet received any measurable snow at our elevation for this water year (40.7 cm deficit from average).  
Weather Observations:  For 6 days starting on January 19 it was sunny calm days and starry frosty nights.  After this it became windy with a little rain for the next 4 days.  The last 3 days have had a comfortingly seasonal amount of rain.
Drought Monitoring Assessments:  Agriculture Canada’s most current Drought Map is from December 31stth.  It classes us as being drought free. The Tsitika & Marble River flow volumes are running at between its 76th & 90th percentile.  The Keogh & Wakeman Rivers broke above their previous recorded high flow volumes on January 30th, but have fallen below that mark since.  Wakeman is still between its 76th & 90th percentiles.  Kingcome River gauge seems to be offline. 
Business & Industry:
	Fishing: DFO (Tidal Area 12): Sockeye & Coho salmon & yelloweye rockfish are non-retention. Halibut, lingcod & other rockfish are closed.
Energy:
We have been running the electric heat & using the pellet stove.  From time to time, we are running a dehumidifier.  It has been too wet to use the clothes line.
Fire:
Burn Bans:  None
	Wildfire:  There are no fires in our region at this time.
Plants & Wildlife:
Crows, & eagles as usual.  Crocuses are blooming near the Seine Boat Inn, some of the wild berries are in bloom.
Society & Public Health:  BCCDC reports (as of January 24) that influenza test positivity is decreasing and at a moderate level.  RSV test positivity is increasing and is at a moderate level.  CoViD-19 test positivity is still stable and low.  As of January 29, the BCCDC reports no active measles cases within the Island Health Authority. 
Water Supply & Quality: Obswell 201 is at 6.2 m below the surface, which is below its average for the last 10 years.  This time of year the average level is the highest & it trends down until about October.  We seem to have caught up to the average near the end of December but missed the spike that would have kept us there in mid January, coinciding with the 10 day dry period mentioned above.  The max level record for this well shows that its possible for this spike to be delayed until mid February or even March in some years, so we will keep our fingers crossed.