February Discobs 2026

[CAPE]

Snow has melted off the outdoor furniture, some on the roof, and on the deck. Not so much on the frozen ground. Still full coverage around 5" most places.

[ravensrule]

32 minutes ago, CAPE said:

I turned my thermostat up to 70 given the relative warmth outside. Heat pump not working so hard and I dont need to start a fire to keep it from running constantly. Kinda liking this.

I have the spray foam insulation, i need the AC on today. 

[CAPE]

5 minutes ago, ravensrule said:

I have the spray foam insulation, i need the AC on today. 

I have 6" log outer walls- R value isnt the best but not as relevant because of the high thermal mass(heat storing capability).

[snowfan]

47 for a high imby. Shaded and wooded areas look untouched. 

[CAPE]

High of 42

[87storms]

Took my old Roscoe 6 out for a spin (it’s got the knobby tires). Sidewalks are mostly cleared but not the bike lanes. This glacier is dense material and should be studied.

[Fozz]

I’m in Maryland until the weekend, so I had the chance to explore this glacier yesterday and early today, and it really was just like Feb 2007. It was rock solid, very slippery, easy to skid on, and you needed very good balance to even try venturing through the glacier. I measured around 6” depth as of this morning.

And it had this very shiny glow especially under light that you rarely ever see normally. It’s been 19 years since I’ve last seen anything like this so you can say it’s rarer than a HECS.

Not to mention, the Inner Harbor is partially frozen along with so many other bodies of water.

The fun is ending with today’s warmer temps, but this was a hell of a run.

[mappy]

42 for a high. 

[Herb@MAWS]

High 39 today imby in Columbia. 

[adelphi_sky]

If this were in the summer, wouldn't this be a mini drought with less than .1" of precipitation?Since the January storm?  

[SnowtoRain]

52 minutes ago, adelphi_sky said:

If this were in the summer, wouldn't this be a mini drought with less than .1" of precipitation?Since the January storm?  

A good amount of the region is under severe drought or moderate drought per the US Drought Monitor. USGS river gaging stations are also showing below normal discharge. 

[WEATHER53]

Going back to 11/27/25 when first cold shit hit thru yesterday, 60 of those 75 days have been at or below average . Three -20 departures DCA and many double digits. I could not find a colder 7 day in 1977 than this year.  1977 blew away about every other cold record 

[pazzo83]

some microclimate phenomena at play here - 44F here, 5 blocks downhill, 38F.

[kgottwald]

Temperature rose overnight, 46 at Dulles. But apparently that's going to be the high as we have a NW wind. 

The new AFD format is complete ass. It doesn't talk about today's weather at all, just a phantom winter storm and upslope snow. I don't live in the mountains and I don't care about their weather! I want to know about factors affecting MBY!

[HighStakes]

Just dipped down below freezing with a little frost on the car here in the valley.