Last storm was Nov. 27

A strange winter with remarkably dry weather continues in San Juan County, with no significant precipitation to the area since mid-November.
The sno-tel measuring stations in the San Juan County mountains are documenting their second dryest year since measurements began in 1986.
On February 4, the sno-tel station at Camp Jackson, in the Abajo Mountains north of Blanding and west of Monticello, reported just 2.8 inches of water in seven inches of snow. That is 36 percent of the historic average for the date.
The only year since 1986 that was drier at the Camp Jackson station was in 2018, when there was just 1.8 inch of water in the snow at that date.
It is similar at the La Sal mountain sno-tel station, where the water content in the snow is 71 percent of normal.
There was no measurable precipitation in Monticello for the entire month of January, which ties the mark for the dryest month on record. It comes on the heels of a dry December in Monticello, with precipitation totaling just 0.05 of an inch for the month.
The last significant storm in Monticello arrived on November 27, with 0.60 inch of precipitation in four inches of snow.
A minor storm hit southern San Juan County in the past week. While it provided a measurable amount of precipitation in Blanding and Bluff for the month, the totals are almost negligible.
Bluff received more snow than Monticello for the month of January, but it was just 0.4 of an inch. For the water year that started on October 1, Bluff has received 1.48 inches of precipitation which is 50 percent of normal.
In Blanding, there has been just 0.06 inches of precipitation since November 27.
October was wet and November was close to normal, giving dry land crops and grazing forage a decent start, but the dry conditions since then is giving cause for significant concern.
Snow pack is a critical component of the hydrologic system. Reservoirs entered the winter in good shape but will be relied on if winter storms do not hit.