Though winter isn't officially over yet, we are finished with meteorological winter - that is, the months of December, January, and February.

Here's a look at temperatures for each region of the country for that three-month period. Tan is warmer-than-average, orange is much-warmer-than-average, and red means it was the warmest winter on record - that was the case in the Northeast. Note the lack of any blue, which would have indicated colder-than-average. At the state level, it was the warmest winter on record in New Jersey, second warmest in Delaware, and third warmest in Pennsylvania.

Here's precipitation for the same period - orange means much-drier-than-average, and that's what we were. In fact, for the entire Northeast, it was the sixth driest winter on record. At the state level, it was the driest in New Jersey, second driest in Delaware, and sixth driest in Pennsylvania. So obviously this dry winter only compounded our drought worries which began last fall.