I see this every year. It gets a little warm in February and people want to tap. We were in the woods all day running lines darn cold. With 2" of rain coming , that's going to make a mess. Get the taps in by 3-1 you'll be fine. We made a 1/4 of our syrup the last week of March last year. A lot of people missed it.
Happy sugaring it going to be a great year.