DCA set a record at 22 breaking 23 from 1989.
IAD tied at 22 also from 1989
BWI tied 20 from 1880’s.
Average daily at DCA of 15.75 is also a record for Christmas Eve
It’s not winter rarity but we are in a 2 week oscillation pattern . Gets mild after this and then turns cold about 1/7 and that push looks like very cold air pouring down on us from PA/NY instead of rollover cold from Midwest
Yes this is not the top but it’s number 4,5,6 or something. I did not break my records for 1,3,6 hour drop rate but with 54 at midnight I’m going to break my 1983 record of 40 degrees in 12 hours.
14.5 at 6:30 and definite slick spots driving around here Need to be alert to this is not a typical night and if you see shiny you are not seeing things, it’s ice
We chatted 83 earlier, I was driving from DC to Salisbury. I stood in shade 10 feet away from choptank and faced the wind and thought “this is what it’s like to die “