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The February one was the most impressive/destructive for the amount of ice, particularly for southern MD and the eastern shore. MD was declared a disaster area. January 17-18 was the one followed by the extreme cold (1/19/94 may be the coldest average day in January for BWI I think). That was one of the "honorable mentions" in my first post that I almost put on here. If I remember this right, it was so cold the salt wouldn't work and I had off from school for a week.

LOL If we somehow get a HECS this season I will add it to the poll as an option. 99 votes! Wow... lets go for 100+... so lurkers, new members, etc. - vote!

The other reason to like PDI was because, looking at that map, it appears to have completely shafted New England just like snowmageddon 1 btw Eastcoast NPZ - great pics and story! I realized in my post earlier this morning I forgot to mention the awesomeness of Dec. 2009 too.

I picked Snowmageddon 1 but I almost picked part 2... even though it was slightly less snow IMBY, the winds and rates with part 2 were crazy, and it was during the day mostly. I loved how both of them just had the DC/Baltimore metro areas as the bullseye. PDII was another one I almost picked- I have some funny stories about that storm that I should write about when I have time. '96 was good, but it occurred just a few weeks after my grandfather had died and I was kind of upset most of the time, so my memories of that one aren't too great even though I did like the storm obviously. That was the first time I ever saw that much snow. Funny thing about Jan. 2000- by the end of that month, everyone around here I knew thought we were in for a '95-'96 winter repeat (which ended up being wrong, obviously). When I was in high school I used to think El Ninos sucked and La Ninas gave us snow lol I was only 10 years old, but '93 is actually the first real storm where I remember the date and the specifics, etc. It was very windy and I remember it being all over the TV and forecasters saying we would get 8-12 inches (I had never seen that much snow before). Also I found this video of the Feb. 1994 ice storm which is kinda neat. Those ice storms were really bad, I remember them all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1eNOXc_Dnk

Every storms got at least one vote now. Snowmageddon 1 and Blizzard of '96 are neck-and-neck. I like reading everyone's storm stories, especially for 1979... seems like everyone I've ever talked to who's been through that storm tells me nothing compares. I would've loved to see that one as well as Palm Sunday 1942 (my grandmother still tells me stories about that one).

This thread is more fun than tracking our current weather. Fact.

lol I knew someone was going to bring up January 1987... I wasn't sure what to do with those, because it seemed like they were only considered historic as a combined "double whammy" of back-to-back storms. Since the votes are for individual storm systems, it didn't seem fair to have that listed as one choice (especially since snowmageddon was split into two). However, I didn't know that the second one was the biggest one for your region, sorry about that... you can just vote "other" if you want.

Hopefully I got all the big ones- I narrowed it down to a top ten of what I thought would get the most votes. I wasn't born yet for 1979 and was just an infant for 1983, so obviously I don't remember those two. But all the others I remember well. Honorable mentions: January 17-18, 1994 February 11-12, 2006 February 13-14, 2007 January 26, 2011 February 12-13, 2014 January 3, 2022 January 6, 2025 Edit 11/4/2025: Edited title (since it's now close to 50 years) and added two more recent honorable mentions IMBY.

Wow... heavy snow and wind... looks like a little blob on radar over us. You guys getting anything?

This winter...LOL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKAk7Grj4Pc

Hi- I was in Glen Burnie for 1/25/00 but we got hit good there too. I wasn't born yet for Feb. 1979 but that whole month sounds amazing from the stats I've read and stories I've heard.

A lot of people in the main thread are worried about a south miss and suppression- good signs for us!

Well that didn't take long to melt

I got about an inch, so I'm happy (for now... lol). No more little events. I want either a MECS/HECS in Feb. or just torch the whole way through.

My LWX forecast has deflated (ha!) down to 1-2 inches. I'm getting some light sleet and snow now so I'm hoping I can least get a pity inch. Its not sticking yet though, still above freezing here.

They pulled the plug for the winter storm watches as SOMDweather predicted. Currently light rain here and 38 (while most of the region is snow). :-( We're not gonna get any help from the clipper so we'll need to rely on the coastal part of this, which is when the WWA is in effect (tonight into tomorrow).

One thing we do well here is cold rain- my rain gauge totals just from the last three rainstorms: 1/12- 1.04 inches 1/18 - 1.55 inches 1/23- 1.56 inches I've probably gotten more rain this month than the entire spring and summer combined... like I really need it now! lol TWC forecast has our region as 1-3 inches, LWX has Calvert and St Mary's as 2-3 but Charles has 1-2. They took the winter storm watch away from Charles but left it up for Calvert and St Mary's... idk why.

To everyone who's just joined us- welcome aboard!

I've actually been following over on Accuweather forums more... the latest NAM looked terrible for us down here but the GFS looks better (to me, at least). btw I haven't forgotten about this thread. There was someone else I know on here that's from my area but he seems to have disappeared. There's some I know in real life that might sign up, idk

Nice little first event for me here, I got about 0.5" of snow with a little sleet/ice mixed in. Stuck to all the roads and sidewalks too. Looks like some areas in St. Mary's got an inch according to NWS posted obs.

This is for Charles, Calvert and St. Mary's Counties. Southern areas of PG and AA Counties can be in it too. Post forecasts, OBS, banter, etc. Anyway... I'm liking the look of tomorrow's system, looks like it could be a southern MD special like 1/29 last year. NWS has me for 1/2 inch overnight and up to an inch tomorrow. I think winter weather advisories may get posted down here. If it works out, it'll be nice to see some accumulating snow finally after last week's shutout.

Well this sure ain't happening now lol

Nah 2/5-6/10 was way better- more snow and watching everyone get shafted in NYC and SNE was hilarious. The one time (and probably the only time) where the mid-atlantic were the snow kings.

I did some math and calculated that BWI needs to have an average monthly temp of 34.9 (-1.8 departure) to stay in the top 10 coldest. This would actually be a tie for 8th as spots 8-10 are all tied (1875, 1886 and 1907). We are currently at +1.6, but its still possible, especially if later in the month does turn cold. If it happens, this would be the coldest calendar year since 1967.

Nov. 2014 tied for 16th coldest at 43.4 degrees, along with 1875 and 1954. 2014 finished just 0.2 degrees colder than 2013 (which ranked 19th coldest) but 0.5 degrees warmer than 2012 (which ranked 11th coldest). Its fairly impressive (to me, least) that we've had three top 20 coldest Novembers in a row. The prospect of having the longest period of consecutive Novembers without snow also didn't happen, with the 0.3 inches on the 26th. But... we're now back in the running for top 10 coldest calendar year. This was tied for the 7th coldest Jan 1 - Nov 30 period ever at BWI.