WVclimo

That was my last winter living in western MD, where I had grown up. It rivaled the more-heralded winters of the late 70’s. Had seven below-zero nights in January, including back-to-back -13’F’s. 45” winter in the valley around Cumberland, where the average is about 30”

24° here. Coldest of the season so far.

BWI: 13.1” DCA: 8.2” IAD: 12.8” RIC: 5.9” Tiebreaker SBY: 6.1”

Dry Novembers have become the norm here. Only 3 of the last 18 have finished above the long-term average of 2.73” (2011, 2018, 2022) Average of those 18 seasons is 2.05”

Getting some thunder here. 0.50” so far.

1985 had a historic cold snap in January, but overall the winter wasn’t all that cold. December 1984 was very mild, on the order of +5 for the month. And the second half of February was also “warm.” Neither season was close to the coldest on record.

Low of 31 with frost.

0.60” with showers continuing. Another event where the airport at Martinsburg failed to report the precip that fell there.

Wind blew down the BP gas station sign near me. Knocked down part of the roof of the convenience store when it fell.

MRB gusted to 44. Pretty impressive for pre-frontal winds.

Drizzle and 58°. Winds picking up now. N 13 G 18.

Point and click forecast calls for widespread frost for my yard tomorrow night with a low of 32°.

Some nice rains here. 0.70” so far.

Two brief but heavy downpours this afternoon, followed immediately by bright sunshine.

Closing in on 0.50” which is more than most models had for here.