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1 hour ago, RDM said:
...If you had enough snow to ski from the top of the Klein Matterhorn all the way into town, that's about 8500 vertical feet in one run. About the only other place on earth that will match that much vertical in one run is in Chamonix. .........
Whoa!
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March total 1.58". ...1.8" snow. 17 days of Trace or more.
Highest temp 85, lowest 25.
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(Enjoyed reading everyone's grading and explanations)
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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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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.
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4 hours ago, Stormchaserchuck1 said:
Some pictures from the snow
Chuck , that cardinal shot looks like you pointed your camera at a high quality Christmas card painted by an experienced artist. Great photo !
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True snowfall at 1:30 in Annapolis. Mod- Hvy. We're a couple hours behind here, but it's scenic.
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2 minutes ago, dailylurker said:
Snow really nicely here in the lowlands. 8 hours ago it sounded like summer in the woods. Now moderate snow. Wild
Just started to mix in to snow about 1:15 here in Annapolis.
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15 hours ago, Fozz said:
A month ago there was an icy glacier over much of the region and now it’s straight to summer with the earliest 85 on record.
I happened to check the high temps for March and this is a bit like the mighty 1979; which Feb was insanely cold (departure -11.1) and snowy (the Washington Birthday storm...PD1), then very warm. Here's the high temp leaders:
Of course, we still have half of March left to beat that 85, I suppose.
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Hit 73 here; (I didn't expect it); my highest temp since 74 on October 19.
Still overcast all day here
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7 minutes ago, dailylurker said:
Another 0 out of 10 day here in f**king march. Ugh.. I hate this ugly ass month. It must be horrible in the south. I couldn't handle this all winter. Give me 400" of snow that doesn't melt until May over this garbage.
Anyway. I'm glad it's not 98/78 lol
Reading those reports of sun and warm (mostly in VA) just reminding that we haven't seen sunshine here in the lowlands since Sunday, I think. Overcast, mist, fog, dzl. A little clearing at night, but night doesn't count.
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Moderate snow in Annapolis. Not windy. Quite pretty.
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Flurries+ in Annapolis
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Feb totals, 2.94" precip, 2.8" snowfall . Highest temp 59, lowest 8
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4 hours ago, Eskimo Joe said:
If I can stay below 60° tomorrow, this will be the first winter in a decade where I didn't hit 60 or better in DJF.
Looks like BWI had a 60 in Dec, and a 62 in Jan., so they came dang close too. Still, quite a cool overall DJF winter for us.
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1.8" measured.
Eta...corrected to 2.3"
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19 minutes ago, IronTy said:
Are we thinking this storm will be similar to the 1/2022 storm we had where it was pouring rain one minute and then dumping snow paste the next where we ended up with a foot of snow and a ton of downed trees in Calvert? I understand the synoptics aren't the same here but the results could be similar?
I've been thinking of that one quite a bit also. Difference, from observational standpoint, is it was preceded by a warm (+6.7) month of December. No cold to the ground at all. This week has been warm, but in our area, ground is still quite cold. Waters still frozen or freshly thawed, (i.e. cold). That 2022 storm didn't have any of that advantage, but still clobbered us here in AACo. Power out, roads closed, trees down.
I think that it won't take much cold air to turn this in to an impactful storm. Just a bit colder than modeled, and we're back in winter.
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Plenty of heavy rainfall on the drive in to work. Roads runoff heavy. Wouldn't be surprised if the home station was approaching 1 inch.
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Over .5" here and still mod/hvy rain. 37f and miserable.
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Just returned from dog walk. Steady rain, 37f. Total crap weather. Even the dog doesn't like it.
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Temps 22-54 today, with sun. Significant range. Did some shoveling , but ice on the north side remains impenetrable even though meltwater ponded on top. Have been using old rubber mats and wood ash to keep walking paths safe. Not much longer I guess .
April Discobs 2026
in Mid Atlantic
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31 with windshield scraping frost. Colder than yesterday here.