January Discobs 2026

[nw baltimore wx]

Beautiful day today! This is the kind of sunny, warm’ish day I remember as a kid that happened the day before a modest 2-4” snow. I miss those. 

[wxmeddler]

Gonna get a 30 deg diurnal today somewhere.

[Eskimo Joe]

33 minutes ago, wxmeddler said:

Gonna get a 30 deg diurnal today somewhere.

Clarksville

[wxdude64]

1 hour ago, wxmeddler said:

Gonna get a 30 deg diurnal today somewhere.

Might be here, lol. Was 23.9 for a low, currently 49.6 at 1:20 pm. What we HAVE succeeded in is another 'windy' day, already had a 26 WSW wind at 12:13 pm. Currently W at 11 gusting 19 mph. Amazing that the forecast at 7 am said nothing about winds until late afternoon when they 'may increase to 7-12 mph', fail. I still say we could have a 1050 high right overhead and still manage a 25-30 mph wind gust somehow. 

[Eskimo Joe]

Another high in the 50s during what should be the coldest time of the year.

[pazzo83]

50s in January is pretty common here - this isn't northern New England.

[wxmeddler]

2 hours ago, pazzo83 said:

50s in January is pretty common here - this isn't northern New England.

I was about to contradict you, but nope, you're right. This is the stats for every January 13th in the last 30 years at DCA. 60% of all Jan 13th's (since 1996) have been at or above 50.

[WEATHER53]

Air Florida disaster 44 years ago today.  Heavy snow and inane deicing  policies and a great snow day turned horrid 

[Eskimo Joe]

3 hours ago, wxmeddler said:

I was about to contradict you, but nope, you're right. This is the stats for every January 13th in the last 30 years at DCA. 60% of all Jan 13th's (since 1996) have been at or above 50.

 

5 hours ago, pazzo83 said:

50s in January is pretty common here - this isn't northern New England.

It's insane how hostile this region is to snow. 

[pazzo83]

6 hours ago, wxmeddler said:

I was about to contradict you, but nope, you're right. This is the stats for every January 13th in the last 30 years at DCA. 60% of all Jan 13th's (since 1996) have been at or above 50.

yeah - it's definitely within one standard deviation when the mean high temp is 44-45F.

[pazzo83]

5 hours ago, WEATHER53 said:

Air Florida disaster 44 years ago today.  Heavy snow and inane deicing  policies and a great snow day turned horrid 

there was also a Metro derailment?  I was not aware of that

[pazzo83]

speaking of 50s - temp is rising here, in the low 50s now.