At least these hard freezes are keeping most of the trees and flowers in check. This weekend will give them all a harsh reminder that it’s not really spring yet.
Eh...in isolation that’s probably fair. But look at the frequency of sub 10” snowfall winters in Baltimore over the ~140 years of records. They were pretty rare up until the 80s with only a handful ever. WAY more common since. Of course we’ve also had lots of boom years in comparison. But things have certainly changed in the last 30-40 years.
I have no idea how many consecutive such winters it would take to make a noticeable impact on the trend. I’d wag at least 5? Not sure how much summer temps have been involved either.
Yeah, I’m pretty sure I haven’t had a flake since the early January storm. I’ve been traveling a lot so I guess I could have missed some sort of accumulation-less slop.
Even with the brief heavy rain this morning, major short-range QPF bust on this storm from the major globals, Euro first among them. Like nearly 2" too wet.