Snow Again !!! Maybe a Record

[2k05gt]

http://www.lauren.org/storm/snow_record03.jpg

Any guess on which one we will break?

[boss281]

Scott, is there anything on the weather services that tells the final snowfall totals across the state? I've search across several websites and found nothing for Maryland...

[chad05gt]

Damn Saints again... sowwy :(




















:drunk:

[2k05gt]

unfortunatly they only measure snowfall amounts at the airports, here in the DC Area they use Reagan National and Dulles, Maryland uses BWI.

From NOAA's Historical Weather Site (http://www.erh.noaa.gov/lwx/winter/storm-pr.htm)

Average annual snowfall (1971-2000) <?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = O /><O:P></O:P>
DC Baltimore Dulles<O:P></O:P>
15.2" 18.2" 21.2" <O:P></O:P>

Frequencies of snowfall (amounts vs. occurrences per year)<O:P></O:P>
DC Baltimore Dulles<O:P></O:P>
≥ 1" 4.6 times 5 times 5.1 times <O:P></O:P>
≥ 2" 2.8 times 3.3 times 3.4 times<O:P></O:P>
≥ 4" 1.2 times 1.4 times 1.7 times<O:P></O:P>
≥ 6" 0.5 times (1 in 2) 0.6 times 0.7 times<O:P></O:P>
≥ 8" 0.3 times (1 in 3) 0.3 times 0.4 times<O:P></O:P>
≥ 10" 0.1 times (1 in 10) 0.2 times 0.2 times<O:P></O:P>


Number of ≥ 12" snowstorms <O:P></O:P>
DC (since 1870) Baltimore (since 1870) Dulles (since 1962)<O:P></O:P>
13 times 20 times 7 times <O:P></O:P>
Dulles: ≥ 14" has an occurrence of 1 in 9.<O:P></O:P>
In the greater DC area there were NO ≥ 8" snowfalls between 1900-08, '09-17, '42-57, '67-78, and '88-95. <O:P></O:P>

DC has reported one ≥ 24" snowfall in its history - the "Knickerbocker Storm" of Jan 27-28, 1922. During this storm the weight of the snow caused the roof of the Knickerbocker Theater in DC to collapse, killing 98 people and injuring 133.<O:P></O:P>


The greatest three day snowfalls on record:<O:P></O:P>

<!-- snow table goes here... --><CENTER><TABLE cellSpacing=3 cellPadding=3 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD>DC</TD><TD>Baltimore</TD><TD>Dulles</TD></TR><TR><TD>28" Jan 1922</TD><TD>26.8" Feb 2003</TD><TD>24.6" Jan 1996</TD></TR><TR><TD>20" Feb 13+14 1899</TD><TD>26.6" Jan 1996</TD><TD>22.8" Feb 1983</TD></TR><TR><TD>18.7" Feb 1979</TD><TD>26.5" Jan 1922</TD><TD>21.7" Feb 2003</TD></TR><TR><TD>17.3" Jan 1996</TD><TD>22.8" Feb 1983</TD><TD>19.3" Dec 2009</TD></TR><TR><TD>16.6" Feb 1983</TD><TD>22.0" Mar 1942</TD><TD>16.3" Feb 1979</TD></TR><TR><TD>16.4" Dec 2009</TD><TD>21.3" Feb 1899</TD><TD>14.1" Mar 1993</TD></TR><TR><TD>16.4" Feb 2003</TD><TD>21.0" Dec 2009</TD><TD>12.1" Dec 1979</TD></TR><TR><TD>15.0" Jan 1918</TD><TD>20.0" Feb 1979</TD><TD>12.0" Feb 1987</TD></TR><TR><TD>14.4" Feb 1958</TD><TD>15.5" Feb 1958</TD><TD>11.8" Feb 1967</TD></TR><TR><TD>14.4" Feb 1936</TD><TD>14.9" Jan 2000</TD><TD>11.6" Feb 1972</TD></TR><TR><TD>14.3" Feb 1900</TD><TD>14.3" Jan 1928</TD><TD>11.4" Dec 1967</TD></TR><TR><TD>13.8" Jan 1966</TD><TD>14.1" Dec 1960</TD><TD>11.1" Jan 1987</TD></TR><TR><TD>12.7" Feb 5-7, 1899</TD><TD>13.1" Feb 2006</TD><TD>10.6" Dec 1982</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></CENTER><!-- snow table goes here... -->
Links to daily weather maps of those heavy snow events: <O:P></O:P>

Feb. 1899 (http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/dwm/1899/18990213.djvu)
Jan. 1922 (http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/dwm/1922/19220128.djvu)
Feb. 1936 (http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/dwm/1936/19360207.djvu)
March 1942 (http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/dwm/1942/19420329.djvu)
Feb. 1958 (http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/dwm/1958/19580216.djvu)
Jan. 1966 (http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/dwm/1966/19660130.djvu)
Feb. 1979 (http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/dwm/1979/19790219-19790225.djvu)
Feb. 1983 (http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/dwm/1983/19830207-19830213.djvu)
Jan. 1996 (http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/dwm/1996/19960101-19960107.djvu)
Feb. 2003 (http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/dailywxmap/index_20030216.html)
Snowiest month ever<O:P></O:P>
DC Baltimore Dulles<O:P></O:P>
35.2" Feb 1899 40.5" Feb 2003 34.9" Feb 2003<O:P></O:P>

Least annual snowfalls on record<O:P></O:P>
DC Baltimore Dulles<O:P></O:P>
.1" 1972-73, 1997-98 .7" 1949/50 2.2" 1972/73 <O:P></O:P>

Earliest recorded measurable snowfall<O:P></O:P>
DC Baltimore Dulles<O:P></O:P>
.3" Oct 10, 1979 .3" Oct 10, 1979 1.3" Oct 10, 1979<O:P></O:P>

Latest measurable snowfall<O:P></O:P>
.5" April 28, 1898 .1" April 28, 1898 1.0" April 12, 1973 <O:P></O:P>

Ice Storms ...................
Because of the warm waters of the Gulf Stream just off our eastern shore, it is typical for the rain-snow line to right across Baltimore and Washington. When a storm strikes, southeast of the city often sees rain or a mixture of snow and ice turning to rain and areas to the northwest of the city typically gets more snow, sometimes mixing with ice (sleet and freezing rain). A total ice storm, however, is much less common. February 1994 proved that this region can get big ice storms. Ice storms are more likely to happen in January or February than in December or March. An essential component of an ice storm is for sub freezing air to be trapped at the surface, and this is more common during mid winter.
The winter of 1993-1994 was one of the iciest winters on record. Repeated storms from January into early March produced between 19 and 23 days of icy precipitation over greater metropolitan area. The worst storm struck on February 10-11, 1994 just from Fredericksburg into Southern Maryland. Freezing rain caused a thick glaze of ice across trees, power and phone lines and roads. Travel was extremely hazardous. Trees and utility lines fell under the weight of the ice. Some people were left without power and heat for up to two weeks due to the extent of the damage. This storm warranted a Presidential Disaster declaration for a swath of devastation from ice that stretched from Tennessee to Delaware. Damage to Maryland was estimated at over $20 million.
In February 1998, an ice storm hit Skyline Drive. Up to five inches of ice accumulated. So many trees came down that Shenandoah National Park had to be closed for up to two months to clear the debris!

Last sub zero days<O:P></O:P>
DC Baltimore Dulles<O:P></O:P>
-4 1/19/1994 -1 2/5/1996 -9 2/6/1996*
*Dulles reached zero on 1/17/2009
Sub zero temperatures are relatively rare in the Baltimore-Washington area.
From 1960-2009 Washington DC had temperatures below zero four times.
Baltimore had below zero temperatures twenty times
From 1962-2009 Dulles Airport had below zero temperatures fifty-four times, although none since 1996 until 2009
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[2k05gt]

The Worst US Winter Storms

UPDATE: In snowfall, the Blizzard of 2010 now rivals the Knickerbocker Storm of 1922 for its impact on the Eastern Seaboard of the United States.

1.
The Great Blizzard of 1888 (the Great White Hurricane)
March 11 - 14, 1888
Eastern United States
Snowfall of 40 to 50 inches was recorded over New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut as sustained winds created drifts as much as 50 feet tall. Total deaths are thought to have exceeded 400. Most of the cities on the eastern seaboard were shut down for days, if not weeks.

2.
The Storm of the Century
March 11 - 15, 1993
Eastern United States
This massive cyclonic storm had arms that at one point reached from Canada to Central America. More than 300 were killed.
Alabama and Georgia were hit by as much as six inches of snow. Areas further south received up to 16 inches of rain. Tornadoes and thunderstorms broke out all over the South.
In the northeast, record low temperatures were accompanied by large amounts of snow; some affected areas received as much as 3.5 feet, while drifts piled as high as 35 feet. Storm surges as high as twelve feet were recorded.

3.
The Great Appalachian Storm of 1950
November 24 - 30, 1950
Eastern United States
Heavy winds, rain and blizzard conditions followed an extratropical cyclone as it moved through the Eastern United States. Deaths totaled 353, and US insurance companies ended up paying more for damages than for any previous storm. Record cold was recorded in Florida (24 degrees F), Georgia (3 degrees F), Kentucky (-2 degrees F) among others.

4.
The Great Lakes Storm of 1913 (The Big Blow)
Nov 7 - 10, 1913
Midwestern US and Ontario Canada
Also known as the Freshwater Fury and the White Hurricane, the Big Blow may have been the worst US winter storm on record. It killed more than 250, primarily from ships that were sink. Five of the twelve ships downed by the storm were never found.
Caused by the convergence of two storm fronts over the Great Lakes’ relatively warm waters, the storm generated 60-90 mph winds that lasted as long as 16 hours. Wind driven waves rose to 35 feet and whiteouts covered the region. The cyclonic system, with its counterclockwise winds, was, in fact, a hurricane.
The storm was of the same type—a November gale—that famously sank the Edmund Fitzgerald in 1975.

5.
The Schoolhouse Blizzard (aka The Schoolchildren’s or Children’s Blizzard)
January 12, 1888
Great Plains States
This blizzard gets its name from the many schoolchildren who died when trapped in one room school houses. More than 230 are said to have died.
The tragedy of this storm was created by its suddenness, and by the warm conditions that immediately preceded it. Lulled into complacency by a balmy day, people ventured from their houses to do chores and head to town. Many were improperly dressed. Then, an arctic front crashed into moisture laden air from the Gulf of Mexico, bringing sudden drops of temperature to as low as -40 F, as well as large amounts of snow.
This was the first of two major blizzards in 1888.

6.
Armistice Day Blizzard
November 11 - 12, 1940
Midwestern United States
The Armistice Day Blizzard was an early storm that encompassed Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan. Snowfall of up to 27 inches were combined with winds of 80 miles per hour, snow drifts of twenty feet and a fifty degree drop in temperature. The Blizzard surprised many hunters who were out for the beginning of duck season and had not prepared for such a storm. In Minnesota, twenty five hunters are said to have died. In all, 154 died in the storm, including 66 sailors on Lake Michigan.

7.
The Knickerbocker Storm
January 27 - 28, 1922
Upper South and Mid Atlantic States
This storm was named for the collapse of the Knickerbocker Theater in Washington, D.C., which killed 98 and injured 133. A storm cyclone which dropped as much as three feet of snow in Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania, the Knickerbocker affected 22,400 square miles of northeastern United States.

8.
Blizzard of 1999
January 2 - 4, 1999
Midwestern United States
With 22 inches of snow in Chicago, the Blizzard of 1999 was rated at the time by the National Weather Service as the second worse to hit the Midwest in the 20th Century. Temperature as low as -20 degrees fahrenheit were recorded. Storm related deaths totaled 73 persons.

9.
The Great Blizzard of 1899
February 11 - 14, 1899
Continental United States
From Georgia to Maine, temperatures dropped to record temperatures. Tallahassee reached -2 F; Minden, Louisiana, -16 F; Camp Logan, Montana, -61F; Washignton, D.C., -15 F. Snowfall began in Florida and moved rapidly north. Washington, D.C. recorded 20 inches in a single day; New Jersey, 34 inches—still a record.

10.
The Great Storm of 1975
January 9 - 12, 1975
Central and Southeast US
This storm system resulted in snow in the midwest and 45 tornadoes in the southeast, together killing a total of 70 people. It began in the Pacific, crossed the Rockies, and then collided with an arctic air front and tropical moisture from the Gulf of Mexico. It produced record low barometric pressures in the midwestern United States.
Strangely, while the storm produced huge amounts of snow in the upper midwest, it also produced record high temperatures. More than a foot of snow fell from Nebraska to Minnesota, while sustained winds of 30 - 50 mph produced 20 foot snowdrifts. Meanwhile, in Chicago, Indianapols and Indiana, record high temperatures were set.

The blizzard followed a storm Dec. 19 that dropped more than 16 inches on the area. Washington has gotten more than a foot of snow only 13 times since 1870, according to the weather service.

[chad05gt]

hog wash... its the Saints dammitt!! :qd:

[2k05gt]

hog wash... its the Saints dammitt!! :qd:


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