February Discobs 2026

[George BM]

Cold.

[snowfan]

Low of 13 imby. WCs at or below 0 this morning.

[aldie 22]

Got down to 9 with the winds it's brutal outside 

[MN Transplant]

Low of 10.0 and wind chills in the single digits below zero.  Brisk.

[nw baltimore wx]

I thought I was getting used to the cold and then someone turned the wind on. 

[WxUSAF]

1 minute ago, nw baltimore wx said:

I thought I was getting used to the cold and then someone turned the wind on. 

Yesterday I was outside in the morning and in full sun, the wind died for a moment and I thought "it's not too bad out!".  It was 12F...

[George BM]

4 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

Yesterday I was outside in the morning and in full sun, the wind died for a moment and I thought "it's not too bad out!".  It was 12F...

Same experience here in Herndon, VA yesterday afternoon in the sun with a moment of no wind. "Kinda nice actually..." It was 19F.

[wxdude64]

A good start to the new month with a new record 'cool max' of 22.7 degrees, beating 2019's 25.3 degrees. Low was 9.5 degrees right at the 7 am CoCoRaHS report. Wind was WNW at 9 gutsing to 20 mph, WC of -3 to -9 degrees. After we cleared out around midnight last night that nearly full moon made it look like 4-5 pm in afternoon it was so bright shining off the glacier. Had some flurries yesterday evening, but no new accumulation, that all went @Bob Chill and @Buddy1987's way and further south. 

[dailylurker]

24 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

Yesterday I was outside in the morning and in full sun, the wind died for a moment and I thought "it's not too bad out!".  It was 12F...

That's how it is up on the Tug. Average highs this time of year is like 22. With sunny skies and no wind it feel like it's 50 but nothing is melting. Just a spectator place. 

Windy and cold here in the frozen lowlands. 

[Kay]

14 minutes ago, wxdude64 said:

A good start to the new month with a new record 'cool max' of 22.7 degrees, beating 2019's 25.3 degrees. Low was 9.5 degrees right at the 7 am CoCoRaHS report. Wind was WNW at 9 gutsing to 20 mph, WC of -3 to -9 degrees. After we cleared out around midnight last night that nearly full moon made it look like 4-5 pm in afternoon it was so bright shining off the glacier. Had some flurries yesterday evening, but no new accumulation, that all went @Bob Chill and @Buddy1987's way and further south. 

The moonlight was so bright!

I looked out at one point during the night and the moon looked almost ice-frosted, blurry, cirrus I assume, but still SO bright. It was almost creepy but pretty.

[MN Transplant]

1 hour ago, WxUSAF said:

Yesterday I was outside in the morning and in full sun, the wind died for a moment and I thought "it's not too bad out!".  It was 12F...

Many people ask how you can live in the north with those cold temperatures.  And you nailed the answer, you kind of just get used to it and dress appropriately.

[Harv_poor]

As someone who will golf in the winter, you learn sun w/o wind is bearable. Yesterday morning, my grandson went sledding with one of his friends and I stood outside talking to the dad for about an hour. The lack of clouds and wind (and many layers including my new Penn State hoodie) definitely made it bearable.

[WEATHER53]

Low of 11 with minimum hourly wind chill of -4

Any south  to southwest breeze influenced warm up is going to travel hundreds of miles over snowpack before reaching our snowpack .  It will be interesting to see how that influences milder air attempts starting with tomorrows predicted high temps of 30-33 and 32-35 Tuesday for DC 

[WEATHER53]

2 hours ago, MN Transplant said:

Many people ask how you can live in the north with those cold temperatures.  And you nailed the answer, you kind of just get used to it and dress appropriately.

This is an arctic siege due to duration length.  It’s not a frigid one or two day blast which often sets our records but rather a protracted highs 18-25 and lows 0 to 10. 

[Kay]

On 1/30/2026 at 7:51 PM, Kay said:

 

Have been watching this and am interested to see what significant blowout conditions might look like with all this ice (piers in my pics are not my own ha). 

Just went down to the water, it's roughly low tide and very low on pilings but since it's ice covered not dramatic looking as blowout tides go. OTOH, stuff is happening and LWX verifying. I'm not sure when this occurred but the people's pier that is usually in my pics took a hit. Pier looks ok but dock at the end is kind of crumpled sideways.

[MillvilleWx]

This is easily one of the craziest cold stretches in my lifetime. Insane enough, one of my coldest was the 2021 Arctic Outbreak when I lived in TX. Midland was below freezing for 8 days in a row with 3 days highs in the teens and one morning below zero. I seem to bring winter with me wherever I go….I’ll take it!! I love winter 

[MillvilleWx]

Currently 26° after a low of 14°. Didn’t feel too bad this morning coming home. Still chilly

[katabatic]

Hi in the mid teens. Beautiful scene today at Swallow Falls (Garrett County MD)

[WEATHER53]

DCA having a fit this afternoon with an 8 degree increase on one hourly and just now a 5 degree drop on another  hourly 

[WEATHER53]

25.4 for the high here down in the holler at the head of the now frozen creek .  23.5 at 5:30 

[LordBaltimore]

Terrapin beach this afternoon. Wish I had those ice spike things for this, walk from road to beach was brutal, especially the last stretch right before the shoreline was an absolute sheet of glass

 

[ThePhotoGuy]

28 for the high after a low of 14.9

I have been using the Windy.com website for weather forecast plots for the past couple months. During the cold stretch, I have been comparing the GFS, ECMWF, and the ICON for highs & lows during the cold stretch. ECMWF and the GFS has usually been 3-5 degrees too cold for the highs and lows while the ICON has been more accurate and usually only 1-2 degrees off. 

[WEATHER53]

6 hours ago, WEATHER53 said:

DCA having a fit this afternoon with an 8 degree increase on one hourly and just now a 5 degree drop on another  hourly 

DCA still weird  as it’s the coldest spot and it was wacadoodle this afternoon with as described above  Strong nw winds over frozen Potomac has got to be involved 

[WEATHER53]

DCA averaged -17.4 the last 8 days of January including three -21 

[Cobalt]

On 1/23/2026 at 1:12 PM, Cobalt said:

Before the upcoming cold snap.. DCA currently sits at 37.7F for the winter, 21st coldest winter since 1970 (arbitrary cutoff), and 0.7F below the 1981-2010 average. That figure is most certainly going to drop, but I'm not sure it can be overstated in how potentially prolific the upcoming cold snap will be.

12z GFS' raw output for temps at DCA has the 24th-31st averaging 17.6F, which would be the coldest on record for that time period. For a laugh we can take the Euro's output from 2 days ago (the most recently accessible chart on the weathermodels site) to find that it has DCA averaging 12.2F for that timeframe. The Euro has an obvious cold bias with snow cover and IIRC has backed off a bit from that ridiculous number, but all of this illustrates how potent the upcoming cold will be. The "tamer" solution still challenges the coldest last week of January on record.

Crazy what a week of prolonged cold can do to some averages. Through yesterday, DCA sits at 35.3F for the winter, good enough for 13th coldest first 2/3rds of winter since 1970 and 2.7F below the 1981-2010 average, the coldest such period since 2010-2011 (34.1F)

[WxUSAF]

19. Torch

[BristowWx]

6 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

19. Torch

you know its been cold when 21 doesn't feel that bad.  just a light parka is all that's needed...and jorts...always functional and fashionable

[dailylurker]

10 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

19. Torch

I just ran out in boxer shorts to grab a bag of wood pellets for a pellet stove. I kinda stood there for a second and thought, hey, it's not out here lol. 

19

[diatae]

8 minutes ago, BristowWx said:

you know its been cold when 21 doesn't feel that bad.  just a light parka is all that's needed...and jorts...always functional and fashionable

I opened the door to let the dog out and said "man it's warm." Amazing how quickly 21 degrees feels warm after days and days of Arctic air. 

[snowfan]

Low of 19 imby. Looks like we make a run at freezing today