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Unless they are natives of the poles, those are mentally ill people

Late Christmas Eve night felt like June with the 65F dew point and crickets chirping

I think the monthly record high min is probably in play too.

btw those should all be feb 1976.

December DCA 5 in 1982 IAD 5 in 1998 and 1982 BWI 5 in 1998 Winter DCA 7 in 1976 IAD 6 in 1976 BWI 6 in Feb 1976

Looks like it... low was just before midnight http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KDCA/2013/12/22/DailyHistory.html?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA&theprefset=SHOWMETAR&theprefvalue=1

There is input from forecasters. Also of note, that would not be a BWI record, which is an astonishing 62 from 12/22/2013

Its possible... MAV guidance has been doing well for highs but bad for lows, reverse is true for MET. MAV says it is a record, MET says no. Depends on how fast it radiates tonight.

IAD and BWI records today, no dice for DCA.

All tied or broken through 3PM.

Missed at DCA (68) and IAD (71)

It'll get cooler this evening so it probably doesn't matter anyway.

80 at DCA, IAD and BWI today.

Once every 20 years would be fine for me, that's a lot of destruction. But, that still means I'm due

In central NJ the benchmark ice storm was Jan 7 1994. Very pretty. Was lucky to not lose power but lots did. Would like to see something like it again... Including the not losing power part of course

IAD did good yesterday... I had 1.75" nearby so seems close.

You missed the 1.6" on 7/8/2015.

Yes, but IAD, DCA, etc are ASOS's maintained by NWS, while JYO, OKV, etc are AWOS's maintained by someone else (FAA or the state DOT usually)

AWOS's have a history of warm biases, be careful using it.

Ocean water temps probably have something to do with that.

Here are the odds for all months: November - 2% December - 14% January - 32% February - 33% March - 18% April - 3% That adds up to a bit over 100 because I counted the cross-over storms between months once for each month (double count).

BTW, this calculates to an 18% chance that the biggest snow of the winter will be in March.

1967-1977 was even worse.

Someone was aghast that PHL might get their biggest snowfall in March. So, I put together these stats to show, its not *that* uncommon. 1884-1885 6.9 on Feb 24-25 1885-1886 9.3 on Feb 3-4 1886-1887 5.0 on Jan 5-6 1887-1888 10.5 on Mar 12 1888-1889 2.0 on Feb 25 1889-1890 3.0 on Mar 31-Apr 1 1890-1891 3.5 on Mar 3 1891-1892 6.0 on Mar 16-17 1892-1893 10.4 on Jan 5-6 1893-1894 4.3 on Feb 25-26 1894-1895 7.3 on Feb 7-8 1895-1896 3.3 on Mar 23-24 1896-1897 7.1 on Dec 16 1897-1898 4.5 on Jan 10 1898-1899 17.7 on Feb 12-13 1899-1900 11.2 on Feb 17-18 1900-1901 3.2 on Jan 25 1901-1902 11.0 on Feb 17 1902-1903 6.8 on Feb 16-17 1903-1904 6.8 on Jan 29-30 1904-1905 9.1 on Jan 24-25 1905-1906 6.0 on Feb 8-9 1906-1907 12.5 on Feb 4-5 1907-1908 6.8 on Jan 23-24 1908-1909 6.0 on Dec 22-23 1909-1910 21.0 on Dec 25-26 1910-1911 9.2 on Dec 5-6 1911-1912 4.7 on Jan 12 1912-1913 7.5 on Dec 24 1913-1914 8.0 on Feb 13-14 1914-1915 19.4 on Apr 3-4 1915-1916 6.6 on Feb 2-3 1916-1917 7.6 on Mar 3-4 1917-1918 10.2 on Jan 27-28 1918-1919 3.0 on Mar 14 1919-1920 6.0 on Feb 4-5 1920-1921 7.0 on Feb 20 1921-1922 12.3 on Jan 27-28 1922-1923 5.8 on Feb 6-7 1923-1924 6.8 on Apr 1-2 1924-1925 6.7 on Jan 2-3 1925-1926 9.3 on Feb 9-10 1926-1927 5.3 on Jan 15-16 1927-1928 10.4 on Jan 28-29 1928-1929 8.3 on Feb 20-21 1929-1930 2.6 on Dec 23 1930-1931 2.1 on Dec 23 1931-1932 4.7 on Mar 21 1932-1933 8.4 on Feb 11 1933-1934 7.8 on Feb 25-26 1934-1935 14.8 on Jan 22-23 1935-1936 6.2 on Dec 29-30 1936-1937 3.5 on Mar 11 1937-1938 3.6 on Feb 20 1938-1939 7.2 on Nov 26-27 1939-1940 7.8 on Feb 14-15 1940-1941 15.1 on Feb 28-Mar 1 1941-1942 4.5 on Jan 4 1942-1943 2.9 on Dec 9 1943-1944 4.8 on Mar 4-5 1944-1945 7.7 on Jan 15-16 1945-1946 9.2 on Dec 19 1946-1947 10.6 on Feb 20-21 1947-1948 8.1 on Feb 4-5 1948-1949 7.4 on Dec 19 1949-1950 0.9 on Feb 1 1950-1951 1.8 on Jan 30-31 1951-1952 6.0 on Mar 1 1952-1953 7.1 on Mar 8 1953-1954 10.0 on Jan 10-11 1954-1955 3.9 on Feb 1-2 1955-1956 8.7 on Mar 18-19 1956-1957 2.0 on Jan 14-15 1957-1958 13.0 on Feb 15-16 1958-1959 2.9 on Jan 26-27 1959-1960 8.2 on Mar 3-4 1960-1961 14.6 on Dec 11-12 1961-1962 6.8 on Mar 6 1962-1963 4.4 on Jan 26 1963-1964 7.2 on Jan 12-13 1964-1965 6.6 on Jan 10 1965-1966 8.3 on Jan 29-30 1966-1967 12.7 on Dec 24-25 1967-1968 4.9 on Nov 30 1968-1969 4.6 on Feb 19-20 1969-1970 5.1 on Dec 25-26 1970-1971 5.5 on Dec 31-Jan 1 1971-1972 3.7 on Feb 19-20 1972-1973 Trace on many dates 1973-1974 6.0 on Feb 8 1974-1975 4.6 on Feb 4-5 1975-1976 6.9 on Mar 9 1976-1977 4.4 on Jan 14 1977-1978 13.6 on Feb 6-7 1978-1979 14.3 on Feb 18-19 1979-1980 5.2 on Jan 4-5 1980-1981 8.8 on Mar 5 (my birthday!) 1981-1982 9.1 on Jan 13-14 1982-1983 21.3 on Feb 11-12 1983-1984 7.3 on Mar 8-9 1984-1985 3.5 on Jan 17 1985-1986 4.0 on Feb 11 1986-1987 8.8 on Jan 22 1987-1988 3.9 on Jan 25-26 1988-1989 5.1 on Jan 6 1989-1990 4.6 on Nov 22-23 1990-1991 6.4 on Dec 27-28 1991-1992 2.1 on Mar 22 1992-1993 12.0 on Mar 13-14 1993-1994 5.6 on Feb 8-9 1994-1995 8.8 on Feb 3-4 1995-1996 30.7 on Jan 7-8 1996-1997 3.9 on Mar 31-Apr 1 1997-1998 0.5 on Jan 23-24 1998-1999 4.8 on Mar 14-15 1999-2000 8.5 on Jan 25 2000-2001 9.0 on Dec 30 2001-2002 4.0 on Jan 19-20 2002-2003 18.7 on Feb 16-17 2003-2004 4.8 on Dec 5-6 2004-2005 12.6 on Jan 22-23 2005-2006 12.0 on Feb 11-12 2006-2007 4.3 on Feb 13-14 2007-2008 3.2 on Feb 22 2008-2009 9.0 on Mar 1-2 2009-2010 28.5 on Feb 5-6 2010-2011 15.1 on Jan 26-27 2011-2012 2.3 on Jan 21 2012-2013 1.5 on Jan 25 2013-2014 13.5 on Jan 21