2025-2026 Winter Snowfall Totals

[WxUSAF]

On 3/3/2026 at 5:54 AM, WxUSAF said:

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). 

3/12: 1.4”

18.9” season total. Best Nina since 2017-18.

[notvirga!]

Up to 24” after 1.5” today. Snowiest winter since moving to Owings Mills in fall of 2018. 

[bncho]

McLEAN WINTER 2025-26 SNOWFALL: 19.9" 

Average: 19.9" (100%)

November: T
11/12: T | Stayed up late hoping for something more substantial, but there were still some light flurries.
11/30: T | Morning snow/sleet mix changed to rain.

December: 3.7"
12/5-6: 2.2" | The return of the mythical December 5th snowstorm. It brought extreme cold for early December, with my high of 29. Included a nice little round two starting at 10 PM, not finishing until around 1 AM. R1: 1.9", R2: 0.3"
12/11: T | Scattered flurries in the morning.
12/14: 1.5" | A busted forecast (from 2-4"). 0.25" QPF fell as 1.5"—awful ratios.

January: 9.2"
1/1: 0.1" | An early morning snow squall with strong winds.
1/17: 0.1" | A morning burst of snow accumulated to a dusting.
1/18: T | Three hours of afternoon flurries translated to a trace. The mulch was slightly whitened, though.
1/24-25: 9.0" | EDIT (2/22/26): revised from 10.2" down to 9". Reanalysis showed 0.6" QPF falling as snow and 1.8" QPF falling as sleet. This equates to 5.4" of snow at 9:1 ratios and 3.6" of sleet at 2:1 ratios, for a total of 9.0".

February: 4.9"
2/6: 0.1" | A few hours of moderate snow gave a nice wintry scene for the area. It was a nice refresher for the snowpack.
2/12: T | Some morning flurries.
2/22-23: 4.8" | Rain to potent snowstorm. Warm temperatures at onset lead to a decrease in accumulations.

March: 2.1"
3/2: 0.6" | It was a nice and beautiful March snow. I didn't bother to measure, so I'm splitting the difference between DCA and IAD.
3/12: 1.5" | Some surprise anafrontal snow brought a heavy coating. Credit to @MN Transplant for the measurement. (SUBJECT TO CHANGE - waiting for final measurement from @MN Transplant.)

[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"
3/12: 1.0"
**Total: 19"**

[CAPE]

On 3/2/2026 at 7:35 PM, CAPE said:

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"

3/12: 0.8"

T: 22.7"

[Bob Chill]

12/2: T .003" zr and 5-6 sleet pellets 

12/5: 3.0

12/8: 3.8

1/25: 4.3 (1.8 snow / 2.5 sleet)

1/31: 2.5

2/4: .5

3/12: .4

Total:14.5

[clskinsfan]

12.3 NW of Winchester. The fact EVERYONE on this board got more tells you what this winter ranks out here. Another pathetic winter. After basically 7 other pathetic winters. It's really starting to take the fun out of the hobby for me. Love all guys here too much to leave though. 

[snowfan]

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”

3/12: 1.1"

Season Total: 17.1"

[weatherCCB]

12/5 1.5

12/14 0.7

1/25 9.6

2/6  0.4

2/22 3.3

3/2 1.0

3/12 1.0

Total 17.5

[wxdude64]

Another penny to add to the pile-

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

03/13  0.1

Total   20.3

[MN Transplant]

• 12/5 - 1.9"
• 12/14 - 1.3"
• 1/26 - 8.5"
• 2/6 - 0.2"
• 2/22 - 3.6"
• 3/2 - 1.0"
• 3/12 - 1.5"

Total - 18.0"

[zwyts]

On 3/3/2026 at 12:42 AM, zwyts said:

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

I hate 0.25"'s but stats padding is a necessity here.  They add up.

Seasonal snowfall to date: 14.25"

12/5: 1.75"

12/14: 1.0"

1/24-25: 8.5" 

2/22-23: 2.0"

3/2: 0.75"

3/12: 0.25"
 

[nw baltimore wx]

12/5   0.2”

12/13  2.8” 

1/1   0.1”

1/17  0.4”

1/25  9.0” ish

2/22  3.5"

3/2    1.0”

3/12   0.5”

 

Total:  17.5”

[wxdude64]

Almost a nickel this time, lol!

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

03/13  0.1

03/17  0.4

Total   20.7

[mattie g]

11/30: Mix of sleet and light rain for a couple hours before switching to light cold rain.

12/2: Mix early in the morning before flipping to hard, cold rain.

12/5: 2.25”. 2” in the man event and 0.25” later that evening/overnight.

12/13: 1.25”

1/17-18: T - An hour or so of sleet/flurries on the 17th and very light snow on the 18th

1/25: 9.25" - 5" of snow overnight followed by all-day pounding sleet

2/7: 0.25” - Clipper? Frontal passage?

2/22-2/23: 3.25" Rain flipped to a decent snow

3/2: 1.00"

3/12: 1.50" Really impressive flip to heavy snow after cold front bombed through (40-degree drop in 24 hours)

Running Total: 18.75”

[Jrlg1181]

18.82 down here in Waynesboro...

With the cold temps and the glacier storm lasting so long - solid winter...So close though to something much more special -  good winter nonetheless...

[HighStakes]

3/16: .5

Total: 25.1

[Kay]

Forgot to add mine.

12/5-12-6: 1"
12/13-12/14: 3"
1/1: 0.2"
1/17: 0.5"
1/25: 10"
2/22-23: 3"

Total: 17.7"

[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.)

3/02/2026: 0.7" (Flurries w/ big flakes starting in the 11am hour w/ bursts of light+ snow from 12-1:30pm. A burst of moderate-mod/heavy snow late in the 1pm hour. Tapers off to flurries 2-3pm before another period of light-light/moderate snow between 3:10-4:30pm. Snow tapers to occasional flurries into the evening before ending.)

3/12/2026: 1.0" (Sleet starts mixing in with rain around 9:30am. Snow starts mixing in by 10:30am. Precip flips back and forth between rain/sleet and rain/snow/sleet until 11:35am when it finally changes into all snow. Snow is moderate/heavy in intensity briefly becoming heavy during the 12pm hour. Snow tapers to flurries by 1pm and ends by 1:30pm.)

Snow totals as of June 8th, 2026 (and the snow calendar final total unless Yellowstone erupts ): 15.4"

SUPER LATE! I know.