GramaxRefugee

31 but approaching 30 when I left. Will see when I get home.

First freeze for my station. Plenty of frost throughout the neighborhood.

Almost all local dewpoints have now fallen to below 32, as of the 1pm obs.

Including Richmond

34 here, but must've been too busy raining to frost. Dripping wet out there, and .02 in the gauge. Sky clear however.

Edit at 8:10...Frost on neighbor's roofs. Up the street the usual places have heavy roof frost; like the picture Mappy posted.

Drive to work observation: One lane of Rutland Rd blocked by downed tree. Tidal South River level up, but not as high as it's been in the recent past. Power out at the traffic light. Power out at work. (Came back on, else I wouldn't be typing this)

Wind has subsided noticeably past hour. Rain minimal, for now.

Plenty of wind at work. Just recovering from our 2nd power off/on event this afternoon. (First was probably around 2pm)

15 minutes ago, Eskimo Joe said:

https://patch.com/maryland/perryhall/snowiest-day-record-when-baltimore-county-saw-most-snowfall

That seems to be 24 hour records. I got the impression Snowen is thinking of a 3 day event. Heck, either is OK for me.

I think a station in HoCo measured a bit over 50" in Feb 2010. 

Only 0.28 so far.

3 hours ago, nj2va said:

Last time I ever start a MR/LR    complaining  about winter  thread...:( 

...which hasn't even happened yet.

At this rate, we'll have run out of complaining by the first 70f day of January.

2 hours ago, MacChump said:

you can't make it to an online class at 8am??

14 minutes ago, WinterWxLuvr said:

Seriously

Ooof, No Mercy from this crowd, eh?

Rhino, the next time you look at the AFD, check the time it was issued. Well, here's one:

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
349 AM EDT Tue Oct 19 2021

Weathermen are expected to live on a higher plane than the average student.  

(Remember, we tease because we love)

42 here. 

Very isolated frost...on 2 roofs up the hill about .75 mile from my station. (Always colder there in winter)

46 will be my low. DP 45

Looks like I'll have 0.19" for today.

57f now.

Not much blue sky here for the morning. But it has the look of impending clearing.

59f for my low. 

30 minutes ago, Cobalt said:

 

Ugh. Now you really are talking cringe-worthy.

33 minutes ago, RIC_WX said:

It snowed on thanksgiving.  89-90 maybe the most front loaded winter of the past 50 years. 

I can't entirely imagine a 2021 version of this to be nearly as interesting.

Checking the front loaded 1989 at locations that just had the ultra-cold Feb 2021....Tyler, TX (e.g.) hit 97f on 10-3-89 but finished October as normal. Went on to record a very cold Christmas with lows of 9, 0, 1, & 14; from 12-22 to 12-25. Daily departure of -39 on 12-23. Monthly departure of -9.5.  Very cold for east TX.
I'm starting to think these guys selling the December-to-remember are looking better and better.

31 minutes ago, IronTy said:

But was it a -PNA that year?   

Today's LWX AFD is mentioning these record numbers for Friday:
DCA - 87 in 1975
BWI - 86 in 1989
IAD - 88 in 1989
I think we don't get anywhere close to these, but wanted to note that October 1989 led to the coldest December ever recorded. Departure of -14.6 at IAD; -13.2 at BWI. Second coldest in Balto was in 1876, (departure -11.3). 12 of the December record min temps at IAD were set in 1989. 

I see there are a lot of October rain-complainers around. But, I was noticing last night, when I emptied the 0.02" total from the gauge, that I've had almost no rain this month. Not worried though. (yet)

Low of 63f this morning, and overcast.

14 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

I saw a chart earlier today on Twitter, but can’t find it now on my phone, showing that most of the Top 10 warmest October’s in the CONUS were during Ninas.

These 3 stick out, if it helps any. (Meaning, I don't know how big of a nina each year was. Someone may know.)
2007...63.6f
1984...61.8f
1971...61.4f

avg of 56.6f
all at IAD

The 1971 led to a warm Dec+Jan, but cold snowy Feb.

1985 led to a record cold spell in Jan

2007 led to pathetic, don't ask.

62 for the low this morning.

67f the low.

21 hours ago, Mr. Kevin said:

So do you expect the wpo overall to be more negative this winter compared to last winter? Like you mentioned, it was negative in October and then it flipped to positive for rest of winter. If we are going to have a -pdo, we dont want a pronounced laniña of any kind this winter. Correct? In my area, other than about a week to 10 days in February, it really wasn't cold. I think the -nao we had was too much east based

If your listed location is still Arkansas....You have a rather bland way of referring to the 4th coldest February on record, coldest since 1978, monthly departure -10f +/- depending on exact station.
Not complaining, (especially with all the hype that runs around these days). But, should be considered for the sake of our analysis.

https://www.weather.gov/lzk/clmfeb2021b.htm

Finished the month with 3.57"

Highest 89f.........Lowest 50f 

Low of 49f

DCA: 11/10

IAD: 10/30

BWI: 11/09

RIC: 11/09

Tiebreaker: 1.08"