By JIM RYAN

The Oregonian | OregonLive

Freezing temps and a deluge of snow turned January 2017 into a month of misery, remembered for rutted roads that brought the city to a grind for days.

A year later, Portland saw nothing of the sort. We sailed through the first month of 2018 without a whiff of snow or a single day that stayed below 40 degrees. This January was warmer and a bit wetter than normal, while last January was a weather anomaly, according to a National Weather Service official.

With relatively uneventful January weather behind us, will Portland will skate through early 2018 without getting any snow?

Not so fast.

David Bishop, a Weather Service meteorologist, said the Portland area typically sees the bulk of its snow from December through February. It’s not unusual to see snow in November, he said, and not out of the question to get some in early March, either.

So we could still see snowflakes fly before warmer weather hits.

The Climate Prediction Center says odds favor Portland having above average February temperatures and equal chances of above average, average and below average precipitation.

As we flip our calendars to February, here’s a comparison of Portland’s past two Januaries.

All statistics were gathered Wednesday morning and don’t reflect complete January 2018 totals. They are measured at Portland International Airport unless otherwise noted.

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Precipitation

Total snowfall (at National Weather Service office in Northeast Portland)

2017: 8.4 in.

2018: 0 in.

Precipitation

2017: 4.13 in.

2018: 5.36 in.

Average January precipitation: 4.88 in.

Wettest day (total daily precipitation)

2017: 1.06 in. (Jan. 18)

2018: 0.68 in. (Jan. 23)

Days without precipitation

2017: 12

2018: 5

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Temperature

Highest temperature

2017: 52 degrees (Jan. 19)

2018: 59 degrees (Jan. 13)

Lowest temperature

2017: 11 (Jan. 13)

2018: 29 (Jan. 1)

Average high

2017: 39

2018: 50.9

Average normal January high: 47

Days with highs at or below freezing:

2017: 6

2018: 0

Days with above normal average high temperature:

2017: 4

2018: 23

— Jim Ryan

jryan@oregonian.com

503-221-8005; @Jimryan015

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