Winter 2018-2019 Snowfall

High atop Parr’s Ridge in northern Carroll County, MD at about 800 ft elevation.

Contest!
Guess The Amount of Snow At Casa De Smolinski (and DCA/BWI/IAD)

Seasonal Snowfall Contest Entries

TSMagnum  26.9
Groveton  28.8
Snowbrow  35.2
mjbuffettfan  38
BigCountry  42.2
beadalou  42.3
Terpiecat  42.7
Xtrain21  44.4
ck5416  45.1
taylort2  45.8
(no name) 47.2
cdklktr  47.5
alrob8  48.3
Sneakyfeets  48.5
SSB  51.3
Sarandipity885  53.4
eric654  54.5
gelezinis vilkas  56.7
83worldtraveler  58.7
Kate commenting  59.3
asimovian  61.3
nomini  63.2
parksndc  64.7
I Love Terpiecat  65.0
cameraman  65.4
Snownomore  69.9
Autumn_Forge  67.3
chrisofthebeagles  71.9
Rex Block  73.3
Merry Mildest  75.0
walter-in-fallschurch  75.1
WBsnowchic  77
surewhynot  79
speedo311yo  88.0
PBH  88
Scrabble Girl   98.6
Chris Smolinski 100.0
The Adorable Miniature Snowplows  101

Mean: 61.0
Median: 59.3

(No, I can’t win my own contest, I thought it would to fun to add my own guess, which is just the approximate total snowfall the last time we had a solar minimum winter)

October Total: 0.0″

Thursday November 15, 2018 – Friday November 16, 2018:
7.0″ of heavy snow on the 15th.
An additional 1.25″ of snow measured early on the morning of the 16th, which fell overnight

Wednesday November 28, 2018
Snow flurries. No accumulation.

November Total: 8.25″

December Total: 0.0″

Wednesday January 9, 2019 – Thursday January 10, 2019
A dusting of snow.

Saturday January 12, 2019 – Sunday January 13, 2019
2.5″ of snow

Thursday January 17, 2019 – Friday January 18, 2019
1.5″ of snow

Saturday January 19, 2019
0.5″ of snow,then sleet, then rain.

Friday January 25, 2019
Morning snow flurries.

Tuesday January 29, 2019
3.5″ of fairly heavy snow.

Wednesday January 30, 2019
0.4″ from a snow squall.

January Total: 8.4″

Friday February 1, 2019
2.0″ of dry snow.

Monday February 11, 2019 – Tuesday February 12, 2019
5.5″ snow, ending as sleet and rain.

Sunday February 17, 2019 – Monday February 18, 2019
Glaze of freezing rain.

Wednesday February 20, 2019
4.5″ of wet snow, followed by some freezing mist. About 0.1″ ice build up on trees.

February Total: 12.0″

Friday March 1, 2019
2.9″ of snow.

Saturday March 2, 2019
1.5″ of wet snow, also some rain and sleet.

Sunday March 3, 2019
4.75″ of heavy snow.

March Total: 9.15″

2018-2019 Season To Date Total: 37.8″

Previous seasons:
Winter 2017-2018 34.1″
Winter 2016-2017 22.9″
Winter 2015-2016 43.7″
Winter 2014-2015 44.7″
Winter 2013-2014 78.0″

Winter 2009-2010: No details, but the seasonal total was about 100″ with three major blizzards.