From here:
What this cold, wet mess of a winter all adds up to...
633,559: City street division's weather-related costs since Nov. 21, including labor and materials.
$73,417: Cost of sand, salt and liquid chloride the city has used since Jan. 1.
1,535: Tons of salt the city has used since Jan. 1.
6,677: Tons of salt and sand mix the city has used since Jan. 1.
130: Tons of sand the city has on hand.
1,280: Tons of salt and sand mix the city has on hand.
9,000 to 10,000: Tons of salt and sand mix the county has used since Dec. 1.
7,500 to 8,000: Tons of salt and sand mix the county used from Dec. 1, 2006, to Feb. 28, 2007.
18: Times the county has treated roads since Dec. 1, compared to five times last winter.
101,000: Tons of sand KDOT used in January and December. The average for an entire year is 98,825.
87,000: Tons of salt KDOT used in January and December. The average for an entire year is 93,977.
31.7: Inches of snowfall since Dec. 1, the fourth-highest December-to-February total on record.
15.4: Average inches of snowfall from December to February.
8.11: Inches of precipitation since Dec. 1, the wettest December-to-February total on record.
17: Days since Dec. 1 in which the high temperature was below freezing.
67: Days since Dec. 1 in which the temperature was both above and below freezing.
Minus 6: Lowest temperature this winter, recorded Jan. 19. The high that day was 15.
68: Highest temperature this winter, recorded Feb. 4. The low that day was 34.
12: Days since Dec. 1 in which the temperature dropped to single digits or lower.
2: Days since Dec. 1 in which the temperature dropped below zero.
46: Days since Dec. 1 with snow on the ground (including days with just a trace).
3: Days until next forecasted snowfall by the National Weather Service (a 20 percent chance on Monday).
Now, I realize that this is nothing compared to what some of you have to put up with, but for this Topekan, it's more than I'm used to.
