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Winter Storm
Intercepts
January
8th, 1999
January
14th, 1999
March 9th, 1999
2002/2003
Summary
December
5th, 2002
December
11th, 2002
December 24th, 2002
January
5th, 2003
February 12th, 2003
February
17th, 2003
November 5th, 2003
November 13th, 2003
December
9th, 2005
February
25th, 2007
December
5th, 2007
January
17th, 2008
November
22nd, 2008
March
2nd, 2009
...many more to come
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The Winter
Season in the
Washington/Baltimore Metro area is here, and WeatherWarrior.Net is
gearing up. For the immediate area, the first storm of a few inches
typically hit about the second or third week in Decemeber. I plan to
continue to add pictures and other imagery of past storms. This
year I plan to travel longer distances, including close to the Great
Lakes to get Lake Affect snows. I have already made a trip to Western
Maryland to view some of the early season snow falls there. You
can find that and any storm intercept pages to the right. I also
will be adding a number of products to the winter section.
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Snow Fall Ranked
Storms (storm total)*
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| 1.(1)(3) |
28.0" |
1922 |
Jan.
27-28 |
| 2. |
20.5" |
1899(3) |
Feb.
11-13 |
| 3. |
18.7" |
1979 |
Feb.
18-19 |
| 4. |
17.1" |
1996 |
Jan.
06-08 |
| 5. |
16.6" |
1983 |
Feb.
11-12 |
| 6. |
14.4" |
1958 |
Feb.
15-16 |
| 7. |
14.4" |
1936 |
Feb.
07 |
| 8. |
13.8" |
1966 |
Jan.
29-30 |
| 9. |
13.7" |
1899(3) |
Feb.
8 |
| 10. |
12.0" |
1932 |
Dec.
17 |
Notes:
1. The
biggest unofficial
snow (before official records began) was in January 1772 when 36 inches
(3 feet) fell in the Washington - Baltimore area. It has been called
the
Washington-Jefferson snowstorm because it was recorded in both of their
diaries
2.
Washington DC's normal
winter snowfall is 17 inches, but just north and west of the city, the
normal increases to 22 inches. This includes the Baltimore area.
In the storms mentioned above, it is typical for areas to the north and
west of DC to see 150% of that snowfall.
3.
If you combine the 1899
storms from Feb. 8th - Feb.13th, that would be ranked no.1 as the total
snowfall would be about 34.2" (although some melting would likely have
occured between the storm)
Information
from:
The
National Weather Service
Baltimore-Washington
Forecast
Office
Press
Release
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/lwx/winter/storm-pr.htm
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The Greater Washington
Metropolitan Area
(Northern
Montgomery, Western Fairfax, Western Prince
William and Loudoun)
* Based on 150% of
the official snowfall amount recorded over 100 years.
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Snow Fall Amount
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Return Frequency
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24 or more inches
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1 in 25 years
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18 or more inches
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1 in 7 years
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14 or more inches
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1 in 3 years
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10 or more inches
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1in 2 years
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8 or more inches
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1 per year
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4 or more inches
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3 times per year
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1 or more inches
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6 times per year
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Numbers Produced by
Barbara McNaught Watson
Warning Coordination Meteorologist
NWS Baltimore-Washington Forecast Office |
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