It's time to grade Winter 2025-26(now that it's actually over)

[CAPE]

This winter was impressively cold overall, but some/much of that cold was wasted. Some areas did well with frozen precip opportunities wrt climo, others not so much. Time to grade it.

[WxUSAF]

B+
 

A if curving for a Nina. 

[Chris78]

I've got to go D+ for my yard. Only 60% of climo snowfall and the 5th year in a row of sub 20" Seasonal snowfall. 

Which was unheard of until the last 5 years, Going all the way back to 1899 when records started at HGR.

Sad run of winters honestly for Northern and western areas.

[dailylurker]

A 

Third season in a row with climo snow and an extended period of cold. This winter was really cool. Lots of really memorable experiences related to ice. I also spent 5 days on the Tug Hill getting clobberd by LES. I also chased the coastal blizzard in February. I spent that storm in Harrington Delaware. 

[Stormchaserchuck1]

C+/B-. I don't like dry and cold, which it was a lot. The 11" storm sticking around for a month was awesome though. The other 4 months were meh. I think it only snowed (flurries or more) 11 times. Edit: the early Dec storm overperformed and I got 7"! Loved that one, there were 20+ flashes of green lightning. 

[IronTy]

A- in Calvert.  6ft, 200lbs and I was able to jump up and down on top of the snow without breaking through for almost a month straight.  

B- at the cabin near DCL.  One stretch had decent snow on the ground but relative to normal up here I was underwhelmed. 

C at the place in DC.  People forgot how to pick up their dog's crap when there was snow on the ground so all the snowcrete was covered with dog shit much of the time.  

[MN Transplant]

B+.  A blockbuster winter storm followed by about as cold of a streak as we can muster.  Just a shame it didn’t snow more.

[WEATHER53]

The snowcrete lasting 3 weeks 3.5 days at my house, the bitter low 20’s  highs 5-10F windy lows, all three months below average temps, and 3/4 minor events . The only thing absent was a 10”+ biggie or 3/4 minors/moderate   that gave us 4-6 instead of 1-4 
An A- for me 

[Terpeast]

Solid B.

It was a frustrating tracking season for the most part, but the last two snows in March really lifted us. The snowcrete storm and month long snowcover was what made the winter, and we stat-padded our way to median climo. 

Also, mby got at least 2” for each of the 4 winter months. 

[CAPE]

It snowed in D,J,F,M. Brutal cold period after the glacier. 3 weeks with snow/ice cover- that period ending up bone dry was the one nitpick. The Feb storm topped it off with 10". Over climo  with 22.7"- and my measurements are usually low because I typically measure what's otg as I am often not home during the whole storm. (There was a report from an EM in Greensboro of 14" in the Feb storm).

Anyway.. A-

Had there been even a modest 2-4" snow event on top the Glacier I probably would have gone with a perfect score.

[PrinceFrederickWx]

It was a good winter, but I have to give it a B+ which really is a shame. But the highlights were:

• Snowed in DJFM (finally got December snow!)
• Historic snow/sleet/ice storm followed by brutal cold and a solid three weeks of snowcover.
• The March 12 historic cold drop and snow

But at the end of the day, while it may have felt like deep winter, it really didn't snow all that much. I only ended up with 14.3" seasonal total (including sleet), which is below-average here. Honestly I preferred the 24/25 winter IMBY, with it's climo+ snowfall, 1/6 MECS and snowpack refreshers all month.