February 2026 has been a drier than normal and milder than usual month.  Running about 0.75"+ below normal for monthly precipitation. Milder in temps overall this month.  Lawn grasses have been growing. Early spring bulbs and early-blooming shrubs are in bloom or almost in bloom. Tree pollen obvious on certain days, seen tinting the captured water in the rain gauge cloudy and yellowish. No low elevation snows observed this month.