80 Degrees to Ripping Snow: March 12th

[PrinceFrederickWx]

I never took my snowboard up through this entire heatwave. I have a feeling this one’s going to get us on the board somehow. 

[DraydenWX]

[SnowGolfBro]

81 here but i feel like the darkness is cooling the ground off nicely.

[T. August]

Don’t worry, cold air is on the way. 65° in Pittsburgh.

[stormtracker]

8 minutes ago, T. August said:

Don’t worry, cold air is on the way. 65° in Pittsburgh.

Please be sure to bundle up dude.

[SnowenOutThere]

This is going to be the modern equivalent of Veterans Day trust. 

[Nomz]

In accordance with tradition from another weather community I'm in, I'm committing to a salt bet: If DCA reports 0.1" or more of accumulated snow, I will eat a tablespoon of salt.

[midatlanticweather]

26 minutes ago, Nomz said:

In accordance with tradition from another weather community I'm in, I'm committing to a salt bet: If DCA reports 0.1" or more of accumulated snow, I will eat a tablespoon of salt.

You must record it and share 

[NorthArlington101]

NAMs and FV3 are as nice as you could hope.

I’d just like it to rip for an hour or two. That would be sweet. Anything else that could happen is gravy

[bncho]

NAM'd (note that pos. snow depth change is about 0.5-1" for the areas that show 3-5")

[peribonca]

Does anyone know the warmest day on record where DC received an inch of snow? I'm still at 80F down here in Colonial Beach. Tonight into tomorrow is going to be dynamic and fascinating regardless if the snow sticks. Might turn this B winter into an A-

[Nomz]

1 hour ago, midatlanticweather said:

You must record it and share 

Best believe I will

[PhiEaglesfan712]

Come on, you all know it really isn't going to snow this far south. This isn't New England. There is no cold air, the ground is too warm, and the sun angle is way too strong.

[bncho]

1 minute ago, PhiEaglesfan712 said:

Come on, you all know it really isn't going to snow this far south. This isn't New England. There is no cold air, the ground is too warm, and the sun angle is way too strong.

Come on, you came all the way down here just to troll like this. This isn't Philly. There is no tolerance of trolls, and then forum members will troll you back.

[PhiEaglesfan712]

1 minute ago, bncho said:

Come on, you came all the way down here just to troll like this. This isn't Philly. There is no tolerance of trolls, and then forum members will troll you back.

I'm not trolling. I'm being realistic. It doesn't normally snow in DC or Virginia in mid-March, much less following 80-degree days. The sun angle is just too strong.

You need something really special, like the Storm of the Century in 1993, for it to snow at this time of year. We don't have that right now.

[baltosquid]

snow depth is of course lower.

[Stormchaserchuck1]

3 minutes ago, baltosquid said:

snow depth is of course lower.

Snow depth still isn't that bad - a good area of 1"+. Some moderate/heavy snow in DC around 12pm. Will be interesting to see if it happens with temps so warm right now. 

[Cobalt]

1 minute ago, PhiEaglesfan712 said:

I'm not trolling. I'm being realistic. It doesn't normally snow in DC or Virginia in mid-March, much less following 80-degree days. The sun angle is just too strong.

You need something really special, like the Storm of the Century in 1993, for it to snow at this time of year. We don't have that right now.

It took me 2 minutes to backread and find a post that you should've been five-posted for.

On 12/15/2025 at 4:59 PM, PhiEaglesfan712 said:

January and February are going to torch. 16-17 is probably the best analog. This could be a great snow season if you live in Syracuse. Not so much if you live in Atlantic City.

Don't come around here talking about dwindling snow prospects when you're batting .150 at a time when it is BY FAR THE EASIEST to predict warm snowless winters and be right. Nobody's gonna call you an oracle when you're saying snow won't stick the day after it hits 85 degrees. 

[NorthArlington101]

Too good not to post. 

[Stormchaserchuck1]

1 hour ago, peribonca said:

Does anyone know the warmest day on record where DC received an inch of snow? I'm still at 80F down here in Colonial Beach. Tonight into tomorrow is going to be dynamic and fascinating regardless if the snow sticks. Might turn this B winter into an A-

Yeah some places down south where it didn't rain are going to have a very warm midnight high. DCA is still 78F

[NorthArlington101]

Nice to see the hi-res Canadian onboard for snow falling from the sky.