PrinceFrederickWx

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.

I'm not sure what they mean by "THE 8TH CONSECUTIVE DAY WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW 50 AT BOTH SITES" ...it was 52 at BWI on Thursday.

So the two record lowest maxes failed, but BWI did break the record low. I'm thinking more and more that we have a chance to break a lowest max tomorrow, 11/21. Record is 31 and forecast is for 32 We're still in the running for a top 10 coldest November; however, I'm not sure how much Sun-Tues is going to wreck it. The negative departures weren't as good as I expected due to the midnight highs.

Record low was broken for today (19 degrees this morning). Lowest max should probably be broken today too.

Here's what I'm tracking for BWI: Record lowest max (31) for tomorrow, 11/18 Record low (20) and record lowest max (35) for 11/19 Top 10 coldest Nov. on record Top 10 coldest calendar year on record

Despite Sept. finishing 0.9 degrees above average, the period from Jan 1-Sept 30 was tied for 8th coldest at BWI.