PrinceFrederickWx

March at BWI finished at 43.9 degrees which is a +0.3 departure. March did finish colder than February, but only by 0.3 degrees (43.9 vs 44.2). March did finish warmer than December and January though. This March, for the time being, destroyed any chance of getting a top ten hottest year- we’re way, way down on the list now.

Yeah I got 0.5", which is just as much as I got in the big Pi Day "storm"... lol

Back end fun? I've never seen LWX split Calvert for a WWA but they just did, with my area being right around the cutoff. I can't imagine 1-2" being able to stick at this point though.

Woke up to heavy rain that washed the sleet away. What a turd. At least its fixed the drought (1.62" total QPF and counting)

0.5" of sleet lol

45/18 LWX adjusted down to 1-2" for most of Southern MD which is far more reasonable.

Lol @ 0z Euro- its starting! Also someone needs to explain to LWX that guidance says I'm not getting 2-4"- not even close.

Here you go: March colder than February (7 instances + 1 tie): 1883 (tied), 1887, 1890, 1891, 1909, 1932, 1960, 1984 March colder than January (11 instances): 1876, 1880, 1890, 1906, 1916, 1932, 1933, 1937, 1947, 1950, 1960 March colder than previous December (19 instances): 1885, 1890, 1892, 1896, 1906, 1912, 1914, 1924, 1932, 1940, 1941, 1947, 1950, 1957, 1960, 1972, 2013, 2014, 2015 Surprisingly, 2016 didn’t make the list here- even though December 2015 was the hottest December ever, March 2016 was also 6th hottest March. March colder than all three (3 instances): 1890, 1932, 1960 A few things struck me as interesting- first, it's happened more times in January vs. February, despite February having a higher average temperature. Second, it wasn’t too unusual for March to be colder than January before 1960, then it suddenly stopped happening. Third, our recent December futility/torches are apparent here.

I'm not home right now but I'll look into it for BWI and get back to you. I'm curious myself now.

I love in the main thread when people post stuff like "great run for all of us!" Some of those people really live in a bubble lol

I think you might be right on this- Wednesday might produce more for us. I was looking at it again.

I hope the whole storm fails for everyone. "Cause I'm petty! And my family's petty too!" -Dave Chappelle

About the only thing I'd be interested in seeing is the next run of the CMC. 12z was the only run of any model that got me anything more than a nuisance event.

Trust me they couldn't care less if we rain as long they're getting their 12-18" or whatever. Lol

I'm with you on that- I already did my transplants in February and the spring bulbs and trees are already bloomed out. I got in spring mode in February and I'm ready to move on. I had my good storm for the year in January. I've never really been invested in this one like the metro area people have been since it's never looked impressive for our areas in my opinion.

I've pretty much thrown in the towel for this one. Probably a 2" slopfest here at best (like Feb 2014 but even more mixing).

Some people in the main thread don't get that the GFS solution would most likely be terrible for us- February 2014 being the best example. Right now I'd take the Canadian and run tbh

Good lord! Where is everybody? Time to round everyone up!

We both got like a foot of snow that run lol Watching 18z now.

You're gonna say, "Please 12z GFS, I'm tired of winning!" And I'm gonna say, "No! We're just gonna keep on winning!"

Another good one: February 2017's average temperature at BWI (44.2 degrees) would still be 0.6 degrees above average had it occurred in March.

8th hottest met winter for BWI (40.5 degrees), just one place behind 2011-12 which was 7th at 40.7 degrees.

Hottest February ever just clinched today! Most number of 70+ high days (7) this month too!

Legit shot at hottest February ever for BWI. As of yesterday the departure was +7.0 which would be tied for 4th with 1932. That will go way up after today and tomorrow. Question is how much Sunday/Monday will knock it down. +8.3 is the magic number, which is where the hottest February (1976) finished. We have five 70+ highs as of today; tomorrow will be an easy win so that ties it at six. Saturday is questionable since the forecast is a high of 68 but if we can overperform a bit we can break the record. Only two degrees away from getting the daily record high today too.

This might be another one to track at BWI- most number of 70+ degree highs for February (which is also the most for any winter month as well). They are currently at three, with many more chances coming up.