2025-2026 Winter Snowfall Totals

[wxdude64]

Addin my .02 cents in...

11/11    0.1

11/30   0.1

12/02  0.2 (sleet)

12/05  3.8

12/06  1.5

12/08  0.5

12/09  5.1

01/17  0.1

01/25  4.5 (mix of snow and sleet)

01/26  2.8 (95-97% sleet)

02/04  0.3

02/07  1.0

02/23  0.2

Total   20.2

[T. August]

3.5” 2/23

18.6” total. Hit average! First time since 2018/19 with 18.7”

[notvirga!]

21.5 in Owings Mills. Let’s get 30

[weatherCCB]

12/5 - 1.5”

12/14 - 0.7”

1/25 - 9.6”

2/6 - 0.4

2/22/23 - 3.3”

Total - 15.5”

[CAPE]

12/5: 1.3"

12/14: 1.8"

12/31: 0.2"

1/1: 0.1"

1/18: 0.4"

1/25: 7" snow/sleet (plus 0.3" zr)

2/23: 10" 

T: 20.8" (above climo by a couple inches)

[H2O]

Pre 2/22 total: 10.3

2/22: 3.0"

Season to date: 13.3"

 

[North Balti Zen]

All obs this year for me are from Fallston, MD -

11/30 - T

12/2 - A little frz rain to start - trees and car glazed - but 35 and rain for most of event

12/5 - T (dusting from a few hours of flurries as dry cold death air ate any chance of anything else north of BWI

12/14 - 4” 

1/2 -  .2" (frontal passage snow squall dealie

1/17 - .7"

1/18 - .5"

1/25 - 10" (six inches of snow pre-flip around 10 am and four inches of sleet on top - precipitation from 2 am until about 8 pm)

2/22 & 2/23 - 5.5" (rain flipped to snow around 3:30 pm on Sunday in Fallston and it snowed into the early morning hours of Monday)

Running season total - 20.9”

[George BM]

11/30/2025: T (A mix of rain/sleet from the 4am hour through about 9am. Intensity got up to light/moderate intensity at times. Temps: low/mid 30s

12/02/2025: T (Probably had a brief period of sleet w/ rain sometime between 4:30am and 5am when precip started before quickly changing to a cold rain that became moderate at times during the morning.)

12/05-06/2025: 1.4" (Flurries/very light snow starting in the 4am hour intensifying to light snow between 6am and 10am (light/moderate at times). Flurries to very light snow showers continuing through the rest of the morning ending during the 12pm hour. ETA: Another few bursts of sometimes moderate snow with big aggregates between 10:30pm and around midnight or so dropping an additional 0.2".)

12/11/2025: T (A few flakes in the air during the morning on a northwesterly surface wind.)

12/14/2025: 0.9" (Mixed rain/snow starting after midnight on the 14th, changing over to snow sometime during the 3am hour and lasting through about 6:30am. Snow was moderate at times between 4am and 5:45am. It was graupelly in consistency.)

12/26/2025: T (A mix of light rain/sleet between 10:30am and 12pm. It was briefly freezing rain/sleet as temps fell to 31F during the precip.)

1/01/2026: 0.1" (A squall of heavy snow blew through between 5:18am and 5:35am with visibilities dropping to <= 1/4 mile briefly between 5:21am and 5:25am. Note: could have been 0.2" but the wind 25-30mph gusts made it difficult to tell.)

1/11/2026: T (A few wet flakes with a dying snow/graupel squall around 1:30-1:45pm.)

1/17/2026: 0.4" (Flakes started falling around 8:45am. At 8:48am intensity rapidly jumped from flurries to moderate+ within 15 seconds. Between 9-9:05am the snow was fairly heavy at times. Snow tapered off to flurries by 9:15am. There was a snow/graupel mix that briefly got up to light/moderate intensity around 10am. Snow/graupel tapered off by 10:30am as the last flakes concluded.)

1/18/2026: T (Off and on light rain, probably mixed in with mangled flakes predawn (1:30am-6:30am). An afternoon round of flurries between 4 and 5pm.)

1/24-25/2026: 8.0" (Flurries starting in the 11pm hour on the 24th intensifying into a light snowfall after midnight. Snow becoming moderate at times through the predawn hours. Some moderate+ rates in the 6am hour, then light/moderate through 7:30am when sleet mixes in. Back and forth between sleet and snow/sleet mix through 8:10am when sleet takes over for good. Sleet was moderate at times with snow grains mixed in throughout the morning. Waves of heavy sleet moved through during the afternoon (mainly between 1:30pm and 4pm). Sleet continued in light/moderate intensity afterwards until 5:30pm when it became light. Light sleet continued until precip wrapped up around 7pm. Snow grains were mixed in w/ the sleet (especially before 3pm.))

2/06/2026: 0.3" (Flurries starting after midday becoming a period of light snow between 2:30pm and 4:30pm. Snow tapering off to flurries afterwards and ending by 5:20pm.)

2/07/2026: T ( Flurries/light snow showers associated with a strong cold front that moved through from NW to SE in the 2am hour.)

2/22/2026: 2.6" (Snow starts mixing in with rain around 2pm. More mixes in until it’s a moderate wet snow by 4pm. Snow becomes moderately heavy during the 5pm hour. Snow tapered off to light intensity during the 6 and 7pm hours. Became moderate again with the western snow band by 8pm w/ increasingly gusty winds. Snow lightened up during the 9pm hour and stopped with the exception of a few flurries throughout the night by 10pm.)

Snow totals as of March 2nd, 2026: 13.7"

[WVclimo]

12/2 -  0.7”

12/14- 0.4”

1/1 - 0.3”

1/18- 0.1”

1/25- 8.5"

2/6- 0.1"

2/7- 0.2"

2/22- 0.7"

3/2-  0.5"

total-  11.5"

[CAPE]

12/5: 1.3"

12/14: 1.8"

12/31: 0.2"

1/1: 0.1"

1/18: 0.4"

1/25: 7" snow/sleet (plus 0.3" zr)

2/23: 10" 

3/2: 1.1"

T: 21.9"

[Terpeast]

12/5: 1.5”

12/14: 1.0”

1/1: 0.2”

1/17: 0.3”

1/25: 9.5” (5.5 sn 4.0 ip)

2/6: 0.3”

2/22: 2.5”

3/2: 2.1”

Total: 17.4”

[NorthArlington101]

Gonna copy DCA for MBY and go with 1" based on local spotters for Arlington

see sig. Average winter pretty much

[Stormchaserchuck1]

24.5" total. I was always saying Winter average here is close to 30", but it's probably 25" now. 

[balltermen]

Seasonal snow to date: 14"

12/5: 1.75"

12/14: 1.0"

1/24-25: 8.5" 

2/22-23: 2.0"

3/2: 0.75"

I think I'm good for at least one more 0.5". Maybe a sloppy car topper on April 11th

[WxUSAF]

On 2/23/2026 at 8:55 AM, WxUSAF said:

2/22-23: 2.2”

16.5” season total 

3/2: 1.0”

17.5” season total. Think that puts me just above median snowfall since I’ve been in Columbia (starting 09-10 winter). 

[snowfan]

On 2/23/2026 at 5:59 AM, snowfan said:

 

12/5/25: 1.5”

12/14/25: 2.25”

1/17/26: T

1/18/26: .25”

1/24 - 1/25: 9” of snow and sleet

2/5 - 2/6: .25”

2/22: 2.25”

Season Total: 15.5”

 

12/5/25: 1.5”

12/14/25: 2.25”

1/17/26: T

1/18/26: .25”

1/24 - 1/25: 9” of snow and sleet

2/5 - 2/6: .25”

2/22: 2.25”

3/2: .5”

Season Total: 16.0”

[HighStakes]

3/2: .5

Total: 24.6

[Chris78]

The east wins again lol

[StormyClearweather]

12/5: 1.5"
12/14: 1"
1/1: 0.3"
1/17: 0.1"
1/25: 9.5" (5.5 snow/4 sleet est.)
2/6: 0.3"
2/22: 3.3"
3/2: 2.0"
Total: 18.0"

Surprising to me that I beat last year's 16.9" IMBY. Stuck around forever this year, but felt like less.

[North Balti Zen]

All obs this year for me are from Fallston, MD -

11/30 - T

12/2 - A little frz rain to start - trees and car glazed - but 35 and rain for most of event

12/5 - T (dusting from a few hours of flurries as dry cold death air ate any chance of anything else north of BWI

12/14 - 4” 

1/2 -  .2" (frontal passage snow squall dealie

1/17 - .7"

1/18 - .5"

1/25 - 10" (six inches of snow pre-flip around 10 am and four inches of sleet on top - precipitation from 2 am until about 8 pm)

2/22 & 2/23 - 5.5" (rain flipped to snow around 3:30 pm on Sunday in Fallston and it snowed into the early morning hours of Monday)

3/2  - .3" (a little more than a slushy dusting - then some ice accretion in the morning hours on 3/3 in second wave of moisture)

Running season total - 21.2”