Was every prime weekend perfect weather last year?? Check out Jan 11, 2025......Basically the same Sat......Check out the following weekend as well on the 18th and 19th......and Saturday Feb 1
https://www.weather.gov/bmx/rainfallplotsDang CNC, thanks for proving my point. Second weekend of the year 2025 vs 2026.
So in summary, in the 24 hrs ending at 7 am on the second Saturday and Sunday in Jan 2025, you had a grand total of around half and inch of rain throughout most of the state. Between 7am Friday and 7am Saturday you had 1/2 in on average, with no rain at all anywhere in the state on Saturday after 7 am.
For the 24 hrs ending at 7 AM on the second Saturday and Sunday in Jan 2026, you had a grand total of around 3.5-4.0" of rain on average throughout most all of the state between 7 am Friday and 7 am Saturday, followed by between half an inch and one inch throughout most of the state for the period from 7 am Saturday and 7 am Sunday.
When you click on Saturday in that link, it is showing the 24 hr rainfall for the period ending at 7 am on Saturday, not how much rain occurred on Saturday. You've got to actually read the description of what you are looking at. Total of 1/2'' of rain in a 48 hr period (2025) is nothing. 4" of rain in a 48 hour period (2026) is a freaking flood and specific areas, in the central part of the state, got over 6" . Gotta understand the data your looking at and how to interpret it, in order to use it effectively. In this case, the data you provided, proved my point perfectly. Stormed all afternoon Friday and all night Friday into early Saturday morning, and then rained most of the day Saturday. Anyone looking at the forecast that was traveling to their camp to hunt, just said man, it's probably going to rain most of the day and the only really good hunt we will get in will be Sunday morning so it's just not worth it, in 2026. In 2025, that Saturday forecast would show 0% chance of rain and everyone said heck yeah, ruts on, let's drive up Friday night and kill them Saturday and Sunday. I'll bet you that there were 70-80% less hunters in the woods this past Friday and Saturday, than there were in 2025. I'm betting the harvest data shows exactly that too.
