WVclimo

That is just the perfect end to a season of suck here.

66 in Oakland. 46 in Hagerstown.

Had some heavy rain in the last hour. Now getting thunder and lightning with the next batch about to move in.

I was living in the metro area then, but this area had a 20" season. I haven't approached that total for the past 5 winters. So, bring it !

12/2 - 0.7” 12/14- 0.4” 1/1 - 0.3” 1/18- 0.1” 1/25- 8.5" 2/6- 0.1" 2/7- 0.2" 2/22- 0.7" 3/2- 0.5" total- 11.5"

0.5" here. 9th measurable snowfall of the winter, and the 8th one below 1 inch.

Finally getting a few flakes. 30 degrees.

26/13 and partly cloudy.

I'm at 11" here. Only 3 of the last 20 winters I've been in WV have had less snow than that in an entire season. I'm with you on the heating bills, but I still love the cold.

I think I have an idea where this is headed.

This has to change sometime, right ?? 2025-26: 11.0" 2024-25: 17.2” 2023-24: 15.7” 2022-23: 5.3” 2021-22: 15.2”

I started several varieties of peppers at the beginning of this month. Like you, I'm thinking of keeping at least some of them in pots. Also started tomatoes, and some flowers from seed. Have herbs, lettuces and onions ready to go in the ground in a few weeks. Peas right behind those. Hope we get some rain this year for a change, and not all at once.

Berkeley County, WV schools just announced a two-hour delay for tomorrow. Not because of the half-inch of snow we got today that didn't stick to any pavement, but because of an 8:00 p.m. update they received from NWS suggesting the possibility of a "flash freeze."

Plant Maps has the average last frost date for your area between April 21-30. I never feel safe putting peppers in the ground before May 15.

Winds have picked up out of the northwest and some flurries have redeveloped. My son is at a friend's house 3 miles east of here and says he has heavy snow there. That's a pretty close miss.