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Merker6 t1_j6gia8w wrote

Reply to comment by born_to_kvetch in There won't be any snow this winter and I'm really mad about that. by bingol_boii

Isn’t February peak snow month around here anyways? It sure seemed to be in Southeast PA growing up

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Iamatitle t1_j6glalm wrote

Yep feb into march definitely seems to have the most accumulation

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damnatio_memoriae t1_j6gsq3a wrote

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.

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rubermnkey t1_j6gxtwc wrote

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.

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jofijk t1_j6h0ozr wrote

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

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damnatio_memoriae t1_j6gy4d4 wrote

yeah, same. so. much. sledding.

in 99 it was exam week so all our exams just got canceled lol.

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garrag t1_j6ieu2v wrote

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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jlboygenius t1_j6ilvdn wrote

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.

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RG3ST21 t1_j6kl462 wrote

Yes! it was a high I'll never have again.

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knuckboy t1_j6hifky wrote

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.

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Endurance_Cyclist t1_j6gttqs wrote

Statistically, January 30 to Feburary 1 is peak snowfall season in D.C.

https://weatherspark.com/s/20957/3/Average-Winter-Weather-in-Washington-D.C.;-United-States#Figures-Snowfall

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JuliusCeejer t1_j6gp4qd wrote

It feels like the last week of feb and first week of march is when we get our snow

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BarukhPhoto t1_j6gtfbm wrote

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).

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lmboyer04 t1_j6hsn6e wrote

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.

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citygirldc t1_j6hs6kh wrote

The 2003 storm that closed the city for a week (feds closed, above ground Metro not running) was around Valentine’s Day.

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CrossplayQuentin t1_j6igvh4 wrote

I remember that one! Dining tray sledding with my college crush ❄️❤️

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citygirldc t1_j6ihzi3 wrote

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 😂

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gothaggis t1_j6j07d9 wrote

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)

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