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alizadk t1_j6g5e1o wrote on January 30, 2023 at 2:18 AM

Welcome to the DC snow donut.

bingol_boii OP t1_j6g5geh wrote on January 30, 2023 at 2:19 AM

I was born in dc

alizadk t1_j6g5lte wrote on January 30, 2023 at 2:20 AM

Then you should be used to this. (I'm a skier, I'm pissed too, I just don't get my hopes up.)

overnighttoast t1_j6genmd wrote on January 30, 2023 at 3:20 AM

We used to get snow every year until about 2018 so most of us aren't used to this.

alizadk t1_j6gggvs wrote on January 30, 2023 at 3:33 AM

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.

ashooner t1_j6gmizo wrote on January 30, 2023 at 4:21 AM

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

EC_dwtn t1_j6gnubo wrote on January 30, 2023 at 4:33 AM

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.

LoganSquire t1_j6hqwbu wrote on January 30, 2023 at 12:32 PM

Historic, aka the new normal.

giscard78 t1_j6gltqe wrote on January 30, 2023 at 4:15 AM

There’s been blips (2010 and 2016 come to mind) but it’s been downhill since 1996 here.

ft_wanderer t1_j6gnzvv wrote on January 30, 2023 at 4:34 AM

Wish I could sled down that hill. :(

SummerhouseLater t1_j6hqil5 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 12:28 PM

No, by now it had snowed in both those years, just not much. On average it’s just warmer.

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TaylorCurls t1_j6gnnws wrote on January 30, 2023 at 4:31 AM

Then you should know that it usually snows somewhere between Feb-April.