An exceedingly dry and relatively mild January was interrupted near its end by the most significant winter storm to date of the current season. The storm, which struck on January 26-27, brought travel across the state to a standstill as snow, sleet, and freezing rain made roads nearly impassable. Up to 3 inches of sleet fell in central Oklahoma, with another couple of inches of ice accumulating on power lines in the east. More than 50,000 utility customers were left without power at the peak of the storm. The damage increased significantly into Arkansas. Before that storm, the month was shaping to be one of the driest on record. With that added boost of precipitation, however, the rankings rose to the 26th driest January since 1895 with a deficit of around three-quarter inches. The month was also warmer than normal by about a degree, which still ranked it as the 56th coolest on record.

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