Winter 2025-26 Grading

[WeatherGeek2025]

                             State your location and grade.

 

[WeatherGeek2025]

White Plains, NY

A
 

If we get another storm I will bump it to A+

[Monty]

Montgomery, NJ 

A

[CT Valley Snowman]

Enfield, CT not over yet but currently A- 

Snow:        B: 85, Right near my average of 48-49", I don't give A's unless I go a decent bit above average.  

Retention: A+:98 Best snow coverage in years

Cold:         A:  95 Great consistent cold, although I've had years with better arctic outbreaks.  

Big Events: B: 85.  Late January's 17" was the biggie here; I got hosed in the blizzard

Current Grade A- 90.75 Subject to final review and revision.  

 

 

[bncho]

McLean, VA
Winter Rating: B-

Reasoning:
~18" of snow is still just below my average of 20".
The snow/sleetfall from late-January stayed for a long, long time due to the severe cold in late-Jan to early-Feb, really helping this winter's case.
There were lots of late nights just to see potential wasted for my area.

[NorthHillsWx]

Raleigh NC

RATING: D

Reasoning: cold was solid but we had 3 storms including 2 warnings and neither warning verified and all 3 storms underperformed forecasts. We got the lowest seasonal snow total (3.6” IMBY) in the entire state and had one of the most epic snow hole events of all time during the January 31 storm. Also the Christmas torch really sucked. Just painful all around

[Ralph Wiggum]

Ivyland (Warminster), PA:

A

[cleetussnow]

White Plains NY

Snowfall ~140% of normal

Snowstorms - 2 storms that were 16+, plus some nickels and dimes here and there.  
Most storms overperformed in fact.  That factors a lot frankly in my grade.  I was never let down.  

Temps - well below normal for all 3 met winter months.  Too damn cold.  

Snowcover - I’d say 10 weeks of the 13, we had something OTG somewhere in my yard, all the way up to 30 inches in spots at one point.  We still have a solid pack and will have snow for at least a few more days in the yard, piles longer.

White Christmas - this puts it over the top for me.  
I’d sign up for this winter if given the chance every single time.  

A+

[michsnowfreak]

Wyandotte, MI.

I usually dont grade until April but likely grade will be:

B+

Snowfall to date is 39.8", which is a few inches shy of annual 43" average (but again, we average snow into April). Snowfall was frequent (esp Dec-Jan) but no huge storms, the two largest being 6.2" & 5.2".

Snowcover was fantastic. From late November through the 3rd week of February, the ground was blanketed in snow nearly continuously with exception of 2 brief thaws (christmas week & 2nd week of Jan). Until melting the 2nd week of Feb, the snow was usually fresh and glittery.

Cold was excellent. Ice thick on the lakes. 2nd colder than avg winter in a row, but this year much more than last. November and February finished slightly colder than avg, December and January solidly colder than avg. 

The quiet Feb (a boring month saved by snowcover) and mild bare start to march is what keeps it out of A- territory for now.

[Siberian-Snowcover-Myth]

Richmond…A-

Varina,Va (5 miles SE of RIC)

12/5. 2.1” snow

12/8  5.0” snow

12/14  0.10” Dusting  

7.2” Total (almost at RIC yearly average of 8.8”.)

1/25  .25 snow

1/25  3”snow followed by 1.5”sleet/frz rain

2/4  Flurries

2/6  2.5” arctic front snow
 
Total 12.95” snow.  -   1.5” ice
 

A- ……..I give it a minus because of the 2 major snowstorms that were close by, but missed out on. If we had received one of those storms, this would’ve been  the best winter since 2010. Great cold from December thru February. Not to mention local schools were out for 2 weeks due to solid ice pack. 

[gopper]

Towson, MD Baltimore County

B+

slightly below average snow overall, but cold made the frozen precip stick around for a long time! The big January event gave 8 inches of snow plus 4 inches of sleet. It become rock solid and simply did not melt for a month.  Schools closed for a week.  Plus several other smaller snow events.  We just missed out on the northeast blizzard.  If we had got a full hit, it would have been an "A" grade. Essence of the winter was long duration cold, which is not common here.

[NorthShoreWx]

Incomplete.

 

 

[psv88]

A. Relentless snow, cold and snowpack 

58” here is a top 10 winter 

[jimmosk]

A-

Swarthmore PA

[MJO812]

A

47 inches

Great snowcover

Brooklyn NY

[The 4 Seasons]

Once i get all these for the season for SNE and tri state i can plot them on a map. 

[WEATHER53]

I’m close to BWI total more than others with 18” . Kemp Mill MD. Elevation 406 .Snowcrete was epic and cold extreme so A+ there. Early December snow nice,Christmas too mild but cold month . Rest of snows a C+  It’s an A winter for me 

 

[SnoSki14]

A

Somerset, NJ

BN Temperatures DJF

Prolonged snow cover

2 Major Snowstorms + multiple clipper systems 

Ice build up on lakes/rivers

On par with 13/14 and 14/15 and very close to 02/03 & 09/10

The only thing that kept it from an A+ was seasonal snow amounts were less than the stellar years like 10/11. Also 1st big storm had a bit too much sleet for my liking.  

[mattinpa]

Royersford, Montgomery County PA

Winter Grade: A-

Snow - B+

Cold - A

Snow cover - A

Other factors  (was there a cold Christmas, intensity of warm periods, arctic blasts, etc) - B+

[michsnowfreak]

7 hours ago, michsnowfreak said:

Wyandotte, MI.

I usually dont grade until April but likely grade will be:

B+

Snowfall to date is 39.8", which is a few inches shy of annual 43" average (but again, we average snow into April). Snowfall was frequent (esp Dec-Jan) but no huge storms, the two largest being 6.2" & 5.2".

Snowcover was fantastic. From late November through the 3rd week of February, the ground was blanketed in snow nearly continuously with exception of 2 brief thaws (christmas week & 2nd week of Jan). Until melting the 2nd week of Feb, the snow was usually fresh and glittery.

Cold was excellent. Ice thick on the lakes. 2nd colder than avg winter in a row, but this year much more than last. November and February finished slightly colder than avg, December and January solidly colder than avg. 

The quiet Feb (a boring month saved by snowcover) and mild bare start to march is what keeps it out of A- territory for now.

 

4 hours ago, mattinpa said:

Royersford, Montgomery County PA

Winter Grade: A-

Snow - B+

Cold - A

Snow cover - A

Other factors  (was there a cold Christmas, intensity of warm periods, arctic blasts, etc) - B+

I like the different styles people grade on...but if I had to do a breakdown of the 3 big ones, mine would be near identical to yours:

Snowfall- B

Cold- A

Snowcover- A

It was a very good winter, but could've gotten a bit more snowfall (and of course still probably will). Cold/snowcover were fantastic. We are not the feast/famine climate of the east coast. This easily seemed like an A+ winter there after a slew of D/F's. But here we always manage to get multiple snows in even the mildest winters, so i place a heavy emphasis on cold/snowcover and not just the final snowfall number. 

[Fantom X]

Salisbury NC. A-

3 snow events

2nd event was 1-2" of snow and ice while 15 degrees during the day

3rd event was 14" of snow while 17 degrees during the day

3 degrees low on feb 2nd

17 days snow on the ground consecutively 

What would have made it an A would have been a cold christmas. Was 77 degrees christmas day

[jm1220]

Have to give it an A. Was tempted to say A- since we got relatively shafted here in the blizzard but the combination of cold and over 50” on the season is definitely high end. If we get a good snow event this month I’ll go A+. 

[weathafella]

Chestnut Hill, MA about 9 miles WSW of BOS.

Hard to grade with possibly more coming.  However, with about 65” of snow to date and prolonged snow cover in addition to below normal temperatures I’m giving it a B+.  Should we get another significant event the grade goes up.

[doncat]

Staten island, ny

A.... All three months 3-5° negative temp departures... Snowfall about 200% of normal at 54".  If we could manage another nice snow event and return the cold this month I could see an A+ but seems unlikely.

[CPcantmeasuresnow]

I'll let you know on April 1. Seen way to many mid March to early April snowstorms to give a final grade on March 8th. For now a B+. 

[TriPol]

New York City B+

I would have really liked for that blizzard to make a move even 25 miles north and west. NYC would've gotten some amazing, record snow.

[gravitylover]

A-

[Freezing Drizzle]

Have to save A+ for 1995-1996. This season will get an A.

It occurred to me that for one to have experienced 1995-1996 with some degree of understanding, you would have to be at least 40-45 years old now.
For anyone younger, check out that season's frozen events on Ray's Winter Archive; November to April.

[mayjawintastawm]

Denver, CO. D minus, or maybe F plus if the next two weeks of 15+ degrees above normal and bone dry verify. 1st or 2nd warmest winter in 140 years and one of the driest. The Metro area is now in D3 (Extreme) drought. Watering restrictions and a mega fire season are likely.

[MJO812]

6 hours ago, TriPol said:

New York City B+

I would have really liked for that blizzard to make a move even 25 miles north and west. NYC would've gotten some amazing, record snow.

Its not a B 

Its an A definitely