A snow-less December but what about January?

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LaPorte County Fair kicked off Saturday
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50th annual St. Joseph River Flotilla
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Warm and muggy overnight, Showers and storms tomorrow
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Cars and Coffee event held Saturday at Studebaker Museum
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Mass shooting in downtown Chicago leaving two dead
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Hot and clear today, Storms tomorrow
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Golf cart and pickup truck collide leaving one injured
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Fourth of July Festivities light up South Bend
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Newton Park 4th of July Celebration
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Berrien Springs hosted Pickle Fest Friday
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Warm and dry for fireworks tonight
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Berrien Springs hosts its fifth annual Pickle Fest
We really haven't gotten hardly any snow this month. Our total is pretty sad by December's standards, coming in at only 0.7 inches.

That's a full 7 inches below where we should be! Even though there's some snow chances around Christmas, this will look like a dry December for snowfall and we'll most likely be nowhere near the 17.3" that we need to consider December a "normal" month for snowfall.
However, when taking a look back at the last 10 years or so, when we have Decembers with very little snowfall or hardly any snow at all, we have noticed a big up-tick in snowfall for January. December itself has a wide range in totals over the last 10 years, but take a look at these 4 winter seasons, especially the last two.

You can see the big increase when we have a dry December. Now, it doesn't happen all of the time, but there is some correlation between a dry December and a snowy January. So, you want to stay ready for more snow come January.