Thus far for my “Watershed,” that resides in the “Upper Passaic River” Watershed, that covers from 1.5 miles to the NW to about 1.5 miles to the SE and is about 1 mile in width and in the general shape of a diamond;

There was ONE day with measurable precipitation and no days with trace precipitation for a total of 0.01”, the past seven days [Sunday-Saturday]. 

River and stream volume the past week of this CMR slowed (slightly again) their rates of flow over small lake dams west of this station. As of Sunday morning, 2/8/2026; one held its flow to 15% the width of the dam 6.5 miles from this station (mostly frozen) moving at a slow volume with no observable turbidity. The other, 2 miles to the west, reduced its flow over its fall, covering about 35% of its respective fall and moving at a similar volume (freezing, still falling), and with no observable turbidity. The Madison Golf Course, adjacent this station remains closed for the season. The ground around this station is frozen and hydrated and is holding a snowpack now of 8.0 inches. This continues to be the longest period this station has held ANY snowpack since monitoring this station at this location, now at 23 days as of this report! Grass and weeds remain dormant for the season. “Marcescence” continues to shroud Juvenal Oak’s with 65% of their leaves. House Finch, and Blue Jays continued very active this week as evidenced by daily visualization. The feeder was 100% consumed as of the evening of 1/21 and still not refilled as of this report. No neighborhood squirrels or Rabbits were observed. The neighborhood Ginkgo trees that dropped their stinky fruits in the fall, their smell was unnoticeable this week due to the snowpack. The first Frost observation for this station, this season, was reported on October 10th. Since then; I have observed and reported a total of 35 days with frost, 4 additional the past seven days.

Over the past 31 days; this station has captured and reported 2.92 inches of precipitation. There has been 10 days of precipitation the previous 38 days of CY2026 [1/1/2026 to 2/7/2026] for a “Calendar Year” [CY] total of 
2.96”, compared to a total of 12 days of precipitation and a [CY] total of
1.53” the same [year to date] in CY2025. So far, compared to last year, this station has received 1.43” MORE precipitation than a year ago. Some other totals from previous years, for comparison, are;
YTD2024- 7.03”
YTD2023- 5.20” 
YTD2022- 5.41”
YTD2021- 5.23”
YTD2020- 3.42”
YTD2019- 4.78” 
YTD2018- 5.82”
YTD2017- 4.97”
YTD2016- 7.08”
YTD2015- 6.74”  (First full Year.)
The running TWELVE year average reported precipitation for THIS station is: 5.01 inches, this year, for this station, holding the same station at a deficit of 2.05” less then the 12 (CY) year average and now establishing this year to date the DRIEST start to a year, monitoring this station. Considering the twelve year annual comparable total for this station and considering the previous years total precipation, is why I believe that it is appropriate to maintain (for now) this week’s report on the “normal” side of the Condition Scale Bar.

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