Rain and Snow Since 1 January?

 I live in the Rhine Valley region.  Typically, I can say x-amount of rain and snow occur....and it's always within the average.

This year?  

There was some scattered snow flurries since 1 January....but if you added it up....it probably was less than two inches total.

There was a massive amount of rain between mid-January and early February.  Then it stopped.

From about the first week of February to now?  Seven weeks?  We had one single day with some misty rain but otherwise....NOTHING.

Projection for the next ten days.....NOTHING.

Last night via public TV (both ZDF and ARD)....lot of chatter over a drought condition for the country....with more forest fires.

Warm weather this year?  My assessment (at least since 1 January, and only for my central region)....it's probably the mildest winter of the past ten years (since 2022 started).  

Do I attach global warming to this?  No....it's just that the jet stream is loosened up and flowing in a pattern that fails to deliver cooler or more moist air.  It's the same jet stream that for two weeks....delivered a heck of a lot of moist air, with higher than average rainfall for that period.