Submitted by bingol_boii t3_10opsh0 in washingtondc
Like, any time there's a chance for snow it turns to rain! What the heck? Why can't we just get one snow day!! I'm so pissed that we won't have any snow!
Submitted by bingol_boii t3_10opsh0 in washingtondc
Like, any time there's a chance for snow it turns to rain! What the heck? Why can't we just get one snow day!! I'm so pissed that we won't have any snow!
I think this has always occasionally happened here (La Nina?), but it will be more common with global warming.
Just wait till that random cold week in April
Welcome to the DC snow donut.
I was born in dc
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Then you should be used to this. (I'm a skier, I'm pissed too, I just don't get my hopes up.)
There will eventually be a year where I'm found lying face down on my partially cleared driveway with a snow shovel in my hand.
It seems that this year will not be the year.
> Like, any time there's a chance for snow it turns to rain!
Cold weather usually comes from the west and precipitation usually from the south. Conditions need to be just right for snow here.
DC is also near the edge of the coastal plain. Back in MCPS, they’d give us snow days because it was snowy in Poolesville but raining in the east county.
You love to not see it.
Winter isn’t over yet.
Blizzard 96…… just wait
30% chance of snow on Sunday
The winter isn't even over lmao
Gotta have goals, I suppose
We used to get snow every year until about 2018 so most of us aren't used to this.
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First off, I think a lot of our snow comes in the month of February, so snow season aint over, yet. Secondly, I'm a property manager who spends every snow day busting my back shoveling, so I'm not too upset. It does create a lovely ambiance, though, so I get it
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climate change is a bitch
Snow is nice for about 1 day then it gets old and gross. I’m not complaining, I don’t even own snow boots here so I’d be cowboy for a day if it eventually does!
Due to climate change, unfortunately this is how it will be from now on
Snow is a thing of the past here. Get ready for 80 degree days in the coming winters
I grew up here, and have been back since I graduated college in 2004. There has been plenty of years that DC barely got anything long before 2018.
We can get some in February, hopefully.
Winter is coming.
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Edit: Did no one see GOT?
Any chance you can buy a snow blower to help?
Isn’t February peak snow month around here anyways? It sure seemed to be in Southeast PA growing up
Just wait til mid late February… just when you think winter is over lol
I believe this is called climate change. It’s literally never cold enough to snow and we have 60 degree days every week or so.
Lot has changed in 3-4 years lol
‘72 , 2-feet! It was grand!!
Chill it'll probably snow in march after an unusually warm day
I’m thrilled! I grew up in upstate NY and I love it here b/c there’s less snow…except when we had that huge blizzard in 2015 I think it was….?
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Yep feb into march definitely seems to have the most accumulation
There’s been blips (2010 and 2016 come to mind) but it’s been downhill since 1996 here.
There will never be any snow ever again. Ever. Anywhere. Forever.
There was snow in Nov/Dec. The biggest snow storms in MD tend to occur in Feb or the first week in March because it is wetter. All it has to do is get cold enough for a day or two.
Here is the data: https://www.extremeweatherwatch.com/cities/washington-dc/most-yearly-snow
And here's a quick line chart based on it: chart
There have been huge snow storms in February and March around here.
Any Baltimore suburb peeps know this phenomenon as the Hereford Zone. Baltimore County has a special zone cut out for the far-north part of the county that touches PA so that the kids around the beltway wouldn’t be so lucky. Even growing up in Howard County we hated those Hereford Zone kids who always got off LOL
Then you should know that it usually snows somewhere between Feb-April.
DC's had some winters without much snow in the past, but we're still seeing something historic this year.
Dulles just set it's record for latest day in the season with no measurable snow, and DCA is currently at 5th latest with no snow.
Wish I could sled down that hill. :(
Snow in dc sucks
Read a news article this morning about how this is the longest DC, Baltimore, Philly, and NYC have all gone without snow. Also stated that it's not the record warmest winter, but definitely in the top 10.
It feels like the last week of feb and first week of march is when we get our snow
2016 had a pretty big storm too, fucked my car up real good when I needed to be in person for a meeting after letting the snow melt and re-freeze under it for 3 days. Absolutely wrecked the paneling and needed a new exhaust because I was in a rush and panicked
Close! 2016
That would be ideal! one of the push ones that looks kinda like a push-lawnmower would be awesome, but I work for a small, family-run business and I don't think we don't get enough snow to justify the cost. plus, the city outlawed new, gasoline run 2-stroke motors and I don't know if they make electric ones. It's worth looking into, though! Thanks for the suggestion!
That was in January but Smowmageddon and both Presidents' Day Blizzards were in February
Snowmageddon was crazy. No school for two weeks, I had just gotten an iPod for Christmas and discovered Pink Floyd and other music during that time. Great memories!
The new normal!
blizzard of 93 was march but blizzard of 96 and 99 were both jan.
all three of shut the city down for a week.
i wasnt here for the other big ones in the 2000s but i think a couple were in feb and maybe one in jan.
96 was jan. so was 99. but 93 was march.
I was raised in Philly during 60s & early 70s, and we rarely had snow, only an occasional snow or ice storm. Philly & SE Pa is east of the Alleghenies, which blocks snow coming in from the west. And so any major snow we did get was from rare winter nor’easters. I recall a common pattern of cold rain, followed by high pressure systems that brought sunny but frigid air. I think we had maybe 4 or 5 school closings in a 10 yr period (the threshold for school closing was far higher than it is today).
Statistically, January 30 to Feburary 1 is peak snowfall season in D.C.
>If we hit, say, the middle of March with no snow, that’s when it’s time to worry.
Average temperatures this month are running more than 7 degrees above normal. It's time to worry.
Snow usually shows up right when you start to think about spring so get ready for March
You mean I just got my Subaru for nothing??!!!!
Shh
we got like a solid 3 weeks off of school in 96 because it hit right when we were supposed to come back from the winter christmas/new years break. crazy shit, had to climb like a 12 foot tall banks of snow to get to the bus for a few weeks from how they cleared the roads, dug tunnels to all the neighbor kids backyards and had a big igloo for awhile. never know what the weather is going to be like around here though so fingers crossed snowmageddon 2.0 is around the corner.
Electric if possible would be the good choice, wasn't aware the gas ones were not allowed.
yeah, same. so. much. sledding.
in 99 it was exam week so all our exams just got canceled lol.
You must not be from here. We get snow in Oct or feb/march
There's plenty of time in the season
Move to Colorado then
Snowmageddon was early February 2010. I don't remember when the 2016 blizzard was but I feel like it was the last week of January at the earliest. I'm not getting my hopes up but I wouldn't necessarily be surprised if we get hit with snow sometime in the next 2 months
DC hasn't had snow in over 380 days. The amount of days between snowfalls has gotten longer and longer over the past 100 years.
Yet climate change doesn't exist right?
i would be pretty thrilled about this fact if it wasn't for the underlying reason
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Overall it’s certainly trending in the direction where years like this are more common, but I recently moved back here after a long absence and this sort of thing is not unheard of. The last winter season I experienced here was 07-08, and it was quite similar to this. I remember because my job had me outside a lot that winter. The first snow wasn’t until late January, and IIRC it only snowed twice that season, and neither was very big. I also remember it getting into the low 70s the first week of January.
So sucks. Haven’t seen a single flurry. Eff global warming and the especially the asshats causing global warming, meaning us.
Usually get the big ones in late Feb.
> January 30 to February 1
A three-day season?
https://www.reddit.com/r/washingtondc/comments/jv6cnf/dc_snowfall_trends_over_the_past_132_years/
DC tends to be very boom bust with snow but total snowfall for the year has been on a pretty steady decline
Drive north til you hit a ski resort
Similar thing used to happen on the VA side! The Fairfax county kids would resent the eastern Loudoun students for getting off with no snow because Loudoun is huge and the western end is closer to Harper's Ferry than it is to DC.
What's wrong with you? Snow is not good for healthcare workers FORCED (by necessity) to go out in it. Not everyone gets an empty hospital bed when they stay overnight at work. Some of us have to sleep on the floor in facilities with no personal hygiene amenities (showers) or access to food.
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Lies, damn lies, and statistics
Around 2003 was a President's Day one that shut things down for a few days. I had a driveway ON Columbia Pike that was hell to dig out from the snowplows.
Jan 23, 2016
Yes, Spring-Winter hasn’t begun yet
I’m good with no snow if we are getting highs in 40s (which we are). What’ll be annoying is if we aren’t in mid-60s for most of March.
It’s too warm because of global warming. Snow may become a rarity here going forward. It sucks, because I love snow.
It hasn’t started.
No, by now it had snowed in both those years, just not much. On average it’s just warmer.
They did say peak season 😂
Historic, aka the new normal.
The 2003 storm that closed the city for a week (feds closed, above ground Metro not running) was around Valentine’s Day.
People say this as if it’s surprising. We may associate Christmas and new years as “peak winter” but winter actually only begins on December 21 and lasts until March 21.
I take full responsibility. I bought a snow blower this fall. We’re not getting any snow.
Can you not! I hate snow. The accidents, the black ice, no work = no money, possible power outages, etc.
Global warming! 😓
Meanwhile the rest of the country is getting blasted 😡
We got 6 feet of snow in New England a few years back. Definitely thought that was gonna be my year.
Yeah it just hasn't been cold enough. We get snow in March too though so ya know.....there's time!
Welcome to Washington. I sooo wish we got snow in Maryland
There are like, 4 comments saying "welcome to dc." Just fyi, I was born and raised here. Been living here for 29 years.
Me too! Damn climate change.
I thought this coming Thursday was our day. But that’s looking like rain too.
Le sigh.
I'm pissed I had spinal fusion pre covid for no damn reason.
Careful. Heart attacks whilst shoveling snow is the number one killer during a blizzard. I think like a dozen people died last month in Buffalo.
Take breaks. A cleared driveway is nice but your health is more important.
That won't happen until my magnolia starts to bloom.
I immediately thought of this "Hitler finds out..." video from a few years back when I saw this post title.
> Just wait til mid late February
We will have 4 days of mid 60's weather, and then second winter will hit
January and February have almost identical snow rates over the past 50ish years.
OP I can tell the “why” in your question is rhetorical but, our planet do be warming
Growing up, I remember having a minimum of two snow storms a year, but usually more. I'm still in denial about having no snow this year. I'm hoping we get at least one late winter snow storm. I'll be so disappointed if we legit get nothing.
This was my first thought. I grew up in SW MO, which has a super similar climate to DC/is in the same climate zone. We would almost never get Dec/Jan snow, and then a random snow storm or two on Feb/March.
Winter hasn’t even started here yet, It’s been like a drawn out Fall. 😕
Climate change can actually bring increased levels of precipitation in some places. Climate and weather are two very different things and the latter depends on a whole complicated spectrum of factors. It's not necessarily "world getting warmer = less snow." Some areas will actually get more at some points if the conditions line up.
Hot air 🔁 cool breeze
Cold comfort 🔁 change
This is the coldest winter for the rest of your life 😀 (unless you move)
Are you new to DC? Do you know what the DMV snow hole is? 😅
One of the best times of my life - long treks to meet friends, sledding/snowboarding neighborhood hills, nightly parties around fire pits. I was a senior in high school so we didn’t have to make up the missed days either!!
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I remember that one! Dining tray sledding with my college crush ❄️❤️
You can thank/blame me. I bought a snow blower last year and ever since it hasn't snowed once. I call it my snow insurance.
Wintry mix predicted for 1/31 in MD around Annapolis for tomorrow (40% chance) so there might be an opportunity there.
We get a lot of snow in February sometimes and don't forget the occasional March last hurrah.
We still have Feb and March to go.
I had met a new….friend at some heinous bar Valentine’s Day event. It was a fun week. This is how I know exactly when it was 😂
Some people just love to watch the world burn
Holy shit, the comment about Maryland tags was too perfect
I think it was '93 or '96 when the gov shut down. My dad was home from work for a week or two. Gov opened back up and then we got snow and he was home for another week. he was getting reallllly bored. This was pre-internet so there wasn't much to do but play nintendo and watch tv.
Now is a nice time to transition to a vegetarian diet. Climate be changing but you can help
I hope you curse DC with a megablizzard
Getting mad at the weather doesn't seem like a healthy mental choice to me.
Whoa, were you bitten by a radioactive spider? Because that ability to twist any random statement to be about yourself is supernatural.
don't worry, it's only the new normal for this year, next year will be a whole new (even warmer) mystery
This is going to be one of those years where be get no snow until St Patrick's day then get 2 blizzards in late march.
Northern Loudoun literally touches Harper's Ferry. But yeah, Loudoun and Fauquier were always quick to close because of the more rural areas making bus travel impossible.
Never thought about it but that would be a nearly ideal way to kick the can.
Pretty sure 2016 was in January
We’re clearly in 1st False Spring, somewhere in February we’ll get 2nd False Spring, followed by It’s Winter, Bitch, then in March we’ll have 1st False Summer followed by Surprise Bitch, it’s still Winter in April.
twenty years ago we would get sub freezing temperatures and snow as early as December. Now we're looking at snowless winters from now on. Climate change is a bitch
Great advice. Also, please try to get 30 minutes minimum of cardiovascular exercise a day. Harder to die of shoveling when you’re used to more strenuous activity.
yes, but here in baltimore its been over a year since we have had at least 1" of snow (so we didn't get jack shit last feb from what I remember)
You mean nearly 30 years ago?
This reinforces my decision to move to Minnesota.
Maybe we, as residents of the region, should consider organizing large and persistent climate crisis demonstrations outside the various relevant centers of federal power that sit so close to us.
Warmest January since 1950, according to weather and traffic on the 8s.
But you’d probably be quick to complain about it once it shut down part of the city…
You'll be driving for a long time this year... none of the resorts on the east coast have gotten much snow either.
I planted a winterberry last year to look good in the snow. THATS 75 BUCKS DOWN THE DRAIN!
Might get snow on Dec 19th 2023 I call it
A winter without snow is a good thing
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Im pissed off myself ....
If its the year I'm thinking, I remember the mayor of boston had to plead with people in a press conference to stop jumping out of windows into the snow.
Yes! it was a high I'll never have again.
For all you young whippersnappers out there, check out the Blizzard of 1979--the George Washington Birthday Holiday--which coincided with the farm protest movement. Almost 1,000 tractors on the National Mall: https://www.flickr.com/photos/washington_area_spark/35334125642
My inner 8 year old is rooting for snow but my grown up self isn’t too disappointed. My company is completely set up for working remotely so snow days are pretty much a thing of the past.
We have no shortage of precipitation, it just isn't freezing :(
True, but we've usually had our first snowstorm by now. With the big ones coming in March.
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I think the odds for snow peak in Feb. Then still a decent chance in March. If we hit, say, the middle of March with no snow, that’s when it’s time to worry.