January Discobs 2026

[T. August]

Looking SE from Havre de Grace. The hills are Turkey Point in Cecil. The Bay is about 95% covered.

[WEATHER53]

Low of 7.5 and that’s coldest so far and currently 16.8 

[pazzo83]

13 minutes ago, WEATHER53 said:

Low of 7.5 and that’s coldest so far and currently 16.8 

yeah - it's cold today.  19.4F here, low of 10F (on the dot).

[pazzo83]

58 minutes ago, T. August said:

Looking SE from Havre de Grace. The hills are Turkey Point in Cecil. The Bay is about 95% covered.

a nice arctic shot!!

[WEATHER53]

The 1025 high on top of us is typically not a suppressor so there must be other elements in play to carry the storm ene and miss us?

[pazzo83]

frozen river I think having an impact on DCA.  They are topping out around 20F.

[SomeguyfromTakomaPark]

Man the short range models Are brutal for eastern NC, brutal dry slot in the coastal transfer. People thought they were getting a significant storm gonna get nothing. 

[katabatic]

16.2 for the high, 0.7 for the low. Temp is 6 now altho falling fairly quickly so might get below zero before midnight. First day in a week that I didn't get any snowfall. Got a report that mid-lake at Deep Creek the ice is 8-10" thick and in the coves, over a foot thick. Doesn't appear as tho I'll go above freezing for the next two weeks at least. The ice fishing shanties are appearing and think I'm going to watch Grumpy Old Men to get in the spirit lol.

[WEATHER53]

20 for the high and just 21 at DCA

Its not rare to get a 2-3 day shot like this or colder but 7 + days is rare and this might be coldest 10 day stretch since the immortal 1977

[RDM]

Just came in from outside.  It's down to 11F already here NW of Vienna.  This may end up being the coldest night yet in this run.  

Took a walk in our front yard on the crust.  Was cool hearing the "thud" of each step as the crust flexed with each step.  It didn't cave in though to my 250+ lbs.  Brought back memories of growing up in Ohio and trying to tread lightly on thin crust w/o breaking through.    

[poolz1]

Perfect radiational cooling conditions right now especially in low lying areas.  Currently 8 degrees

[Steve25]

Downtown Baltimore never fails to amaze me in terms of temperature. It’s currently 18 degrees. Barely dropped since the sun went down. I could drive 13 minutes away, just outside of the city to Catonsville where it’s already down to 12 degrees. 
 

I understand why it happens, it’s just wild. 

[pazzo83]

3 hours ago, WEATHER53 said:

20 for the high and just 21 at DCA

Its not rare to get a 2-3 day shot like this or colder but 7 + days is rare and this might be coldest 10 day stretch since the immortal 1977

yeah - it's not the coldest per se, but the duration of the cold at our location is very very rare.

[Rhino16]

-18 at Canaan NWR currently.

[pazzo83]

4 minutes ago, Rhino16 said:

-18 at Canaan NWR currently.

let's see if they approach -30F

[WEATHER53]

Clouds moving in from south later and I guess that’s virga  in the radar ?

[WEATHER53]

15 minutes ago, pazzo83 said:

yeah - it's not the coldest per se, but the duration of the cold at our location is very very rare.

1977 was known for its duration more than daily records. There were a couple . I’ve always felt the Cold Sundays 1982 were incredible 7 day apart bitter blasts ; highs around 10 and lows at and below zero

[pazzo83]

5 minutes ago, WEATHER53 said:

1977 was known for its duration more than daily records. There were a couple . I’ve always felt the Cold Sundays 1982 were incredible 7 day apart bitter blasts ; highs around 10 and lows at and below zero

my memories are of the 94 and 96 blasts (I was in late elementary school) - in the Shen Valley we got down to -10 to -15 during both of those events.

[WEATHER53]

7 minutes ago, pazzo83 said:

my memories are of the 94 and 96 blasts (I was in late elementary school) - in the Shen Valley we got down to -10 to -15 during both of those events.

94 was extreme and 96 serious business .  

[paulythegun]

It's 4 degrees at a station near me north of Capitol Hill but Virginia's DCA station, which is the official station for the city of DC, is at 15F

[wxdude64]

1 hour ago, pazzo83 said:

let's see if they approach -30F

I think the state record is -37, lets shoot for that. 

[wxdude64]

At midnight 16.0/7.1. NE wind 5 gusting to 11 mph. High was 28.3, we seemed to hit a spot between 1-3 pm where the clouds went to just high cirrus and winds calmed and we warmed up. Actually not a bad early afternoon. Still haven't seen a snowflake, although just 40 miles south Roanoke has reported a few hours of light snow.