GramaxRefugee

29 in Davidsonville (plants safely covered)

Low 35. Woodstove back in operation with some Swamp Cottonwood which I've never burned before. Similar to Poplar so far. ETA: Got a sprinkle of rain driving in to Annapolis. Overcast now.

Snow coming obviously.... But seriously, the early morning sky did remind me of the hazy days of August. Different reasons I suppose. On the 2pm obs, the bay breeze is really doing its thing:

Drove from Silver Spring to Davidsonville, temp fell from 76 to 66. mostly a couple miles after crossing the Patuxent. Down to 63 now at 5:30 DP 44

31 with windshield scraping frost. Colder than yesterday here.

33f

Whoa!

March total 1.58". ...1.8" snow. 17 days of Trace or more. Highest temp 85, lowest 25.

(Enjoyed reading everyone's grading and explanations) A- The criteria, (In chronological order. Not all items are equally weighted): 1. White Christmas: Fail; but significant December snow and BN cold softens this greatly 2. AN snowfall: Success; but not by a whole lot. 3. at least one MECS: Fail; but with a major snowfall in Jan which was close. Tough call here. 4. Just plain cold: Success. BN for each month of DJF. Don't have a thermometer? Just observe the tidewater and freshwater both. Fast ice for a month +/-. I have made a crude chart below of DJF Temp Avg at BWI since 1950, and this winter was 14th coldest out of the 75 years. Anomaly not listed, but roughly -3f for each month. Sorted by Average; the usual suspects are on top. (Apologies for my XL skills) YEAR JAN FEB Previous DEC DJF AVG 1963 28.7 27.7 30.9 29.1 1977 22.9 36.5 32.6 30.7 1978 29.2 27.3 35.6 30.7 2003 28.3 30.2 34.3 30.9 1961 27.6 37.0 28.4 31.0 1964 33.8 33.2 28.7 31.9 1982 25.5 35.8 34.5 31.9 2015 30.8 25.3 39.9 32.0 1994 27.0 34.0 36.2 32.4 1959 32.0 35.7 29.9 32.5 1962 32.4 32.3 33.4 32.7 1970 27.8 35.4 35.2 32.8 2010 32.7 30.9 34.8 32.8 2026 30.5 33.7 M M M M M M M M 34.2 32.8 1966 29.8 30.5 38.3 32.9 1968 29.2 32.1 37.3 32.9 1979 33.1 25.5 40.1 32.9 2004 27.6 34.8 36.4 32.9 1986 33.1 32.9 33.7 33.2 2014 27.4 32.9 39.6 33.3 1958 32.4 28.9 39.1 33.5 2011 30.2 38.5 32.4 33.7 1969 31.7 34.9 34.6 33.7 1996 31.7 35.7 33.9 33.8 2001 33.0 38.5 30.0 33.8 1955 32.3 34.4 35.0 33.9 1981 27.9 38.8 35.5 34.1 1956 32.6 38.7 31.3 34.2 1984 28.5 41.7 33.2 34.5 1967 37.4 30.7 35.6 34.6 1988 28.6 35.8 39.8 34.7 1965 30.7 34.9 39.0 34.9 1987 32.4 34.3 38.1 34.9 2009 29.3 37.4 38.5 35.1 1980 33.8 31.4 40.3 35.2 1971 30.0 37.4 38.2 35.2 2025 30.3 37.6 38.6 35.5 1951 36.9 36.5 33.3 35.6 1993 37.9 31.4 38.9 36.1 2005 34.1 36.7 37.5 36.1 1974 37.9 33.8 37.3 36.3 1973 34.6 34.3 40.3 36.4 2018 32.0 41.8 35.5 36.4 1990 42.0 42.2 25.3 36.5 2000 32.5 38.0 39.1 36.5 2007 38.7 29.1 42.4 36.7 1992 34.5 37.1 38.7 36.8 2008 35.4 37.1 37.8 36.8 1989 37.9 36.4 36.3 36.9 2019 33.5 37.8 39.7 37.0 1960 36.0 36.2 39.0 37.1 1983 34.6 34.7 42.0 37.1 2006 41.5 36.1 34.0 37.2 2021 36.7 35.8 39.4 37.3 1976 30.8 44.0 37.2 37.3 1985 29.2 38.7 44.1 37.3 1957 30.3 39.0 43.5 37.6 1954 33.0 40.9 39.0 37.6 1997 32.7 40.9 39.6 37.7 1999 35.1 37.6 41.0 37.9 2013 36.9 35.0 42.7 38.2 1995 39.0 33.1 42.6 38.2 1972 37.6 34.3 43.7 38.5 1952 38.5 39.3 38.3 38.7 1953 39.0 40.0 37.8 38.9 1975 38.5 39.0 40.3 39.3 2022 32.3 40.0 45.5 39.3 2016 31.9 37.4 49.0 39.4 1991 35.5 40.7 42.2 39.5 2002 39.1 39.3 42.1 40.2 1998 40.9 41.7 38.4 40.3 2017 39.0 44.2 38.3 40.5 2020 40.2 42.0 39.9 40.7 2012 38.3 41.6 42.2 40.7 2024 37.6 41.1 43.7 40.8 2023 43.9 44.7 37.5 42.0

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low 25 overcast

Thank you for posting, @wxdude64. He seems to have made 12 posts on Feb 24 which the obit lists as the date of death. Watching the weather to the end. (Guess I shouldn't say...don't know anything about the circumstances. Just saddened.) May the angels lead you home, Roger.

low 27

Chuck , that cardinal shot looks like you pointed your camera at a high quality Christmas card painted by an experienced artist. Great photo !

True snowfall at 1:30 in Annapolis. Mod- Hvy. We're a couple hours behind here, but it's scenic.