Grade Meteorological Winter for YBY

[WxUSAF]

Meteorological winter is over in 4 hours for us. How did it rate? Reasoning desired.

I give it a B for MBY. 19.7" of snow is 82% of climo and 2 months were below average, probably making the entire winter below normal. Bonus points for thunder sleet.

[Ian]

C-

I would have gone lower but I guess the cold was worth something.. and we did have a lot of events. Better than the 3 seasons before last but still below avg.

[Martin]

A! 22in of snow in Norfolk. Seasonal average is around 7in. Simply the most amazing season I have seen in my lifetime! Sorry you guys elsewhere weren't so lucky.

8th snowiest season on record. Dec26 storm was the third largest snow on record

[Avdave]

I went C+ for here. It would have been a C- or a D+ if it wasnt for the Thundersnow Jan 26. Plus we got a foot so that helped curve the grade somewhat. the last storm busted here and made it a C+ overall for the Met winter time frame

Seasonal average is 24"

and well 15.9" is the total

[BethesdaWX]

For a big La Nina, not bad, but against all winters, definitely a C is as high as I'd go. 12.2" for the winter.........sucks, but the Sustained Cold, ZR event(s), Nice Winds, and the blessing of 70F+ in between makes it ok.

Definitely could have bveen alot worse.

[ThePhotoGuy]

B+ We had a lot of little snow events which helped. Very cold temperatures. Very heavy wet snow with thundersnow.

[Avdave]

For a big La Nina, not bad, but against all winters, definitely a C is as high as I'd go. 12.2" for the winter.........sucks, but the Sustained Cold, ZR event(s), Nice Winds, and the blessing of 70F+ in between makes it ok.

Definitely could have bveen alot worse.

I thought you would have graded it an A+. You always got the good wx there

[Fozz]

For my backyard: B

Seasonal total was around 27", slightly above the average of 25".

Plus the snow cover from the psuhoffman storm lasted for quite a while.

[Sparky]

Average snowfall (through Feb only) and persistent cold (except Feb) should at least garner a C. Loved the snowgasm on Jan 26. Hated the missed opportunities esp. day after Christmas. I am glad it wasn't like last winter that was just over the top.

[Sparky]

I predict the first F when Ji sees this.

[BethesdaWX]

I thought you would have graded it an A+. You always got the good wx there

haha don't hate...........if only that were true.

You have it alot better.

[Midlo Snow Maker]

B

[mappy]

I thought you would have graded it an A+. You always got the good wx there

C- minus for me, while the Jan 26th snow was great, I didn't get thundersnow and I lost power. So that ruined the event for me. The rest were just crappy nuisance events.

[bigsurmark]

C+ Because of all the initial dire predictions before the winter started, I was not expecting much. Obviously, it was much colder than expected and there were more systems to track than expected, but in the end, most systems turned out to be disappointments.

[SeanVA]

B

Really? I had to give meteorological winter a C- because February was terrible and also because of all the near misses we had. December and January were a solid B+ though.

[Mark304]

D...............Wayyy too cold for wayyy too long.

[CAPE]

B+

ended up with 19 inches, which is 1/2 inch over seasonal avg. Plus it was cold(see heating bills). For a La Nina winter, and all the hideous outlooks for dry and warm, far exceeded my expectations. Without the persistent -NAO, this winter would have totally sucked for cold and snow in the MA. I tried to be objective and not compare it to last year, but snowfall wise, average is pretty lame after epic.

[Inudaw]

B- ... Richmond total so far is slightly less than normal. Which compared to areas just to our south and east.. (some places tippled their average down that way... ) It's a bit of a let down. But compared to expectations going into this winter... far exceeded what I was expecting.

[showmethesnow]

C-

Cold winter with little to show for it. Missed the big storm in December by about 50 to 75 miles to the east. Except for several nuisance snows of an inch or two only had 2 events worth mentioning with 6 inches and 8 inches and those were basically at night. I guess last winter plays into the grade as well because of being spoiled with all the snow we received.

[H2O]

C- didn't care too much for the nickel and dime events that got us close to climo. Main things I will remember this one for was the extended cold and wind.

[MN Transplant]

C- for my backyard (official vote). However, since I was out of town for commutageddon week, I saw about 3" this year, which is a solid F.

[ThreeRedheads]

C-

Below average snow=below average grade

Guess I'm one dimensional. I didn't grade on the cold temps.

[EastCoast NPZ]

I predict the first F when Ji sees this.

Nope, looks like that honor goes to me.

Big fat F on my scorecard. Less than 40% of climo snow, despite ample opportunities. Every single event underperformed (even Jan 26 we were forecasted 8 -12, and despite being a pretty decent 7" storm it still underpreformed) from the start (Dec 5) to the end (Feb 21). Historic winters north and south of us, misery on top of us. While we did have sustained cold, not bitter cold, that only added to the disappointment of so little snow, and the many bouts of dry winds only added to the misery. I can't see anyway to sugar coat this winter.

[PhineasC]

B+

Ended up over my average (around 27-30 inches) and had a 15 inch snowstorm with thunder.

[PrinceFrederickWx]

The good:

-I watched a dusting of snow fall on Christmas day. The only other times I've seen that happen here was in 1995 and 2002. Bonus points are awarded for Christmas snowfall (no matter how small).

-January was a good winter month. 1/26 was an awesome storm: about 8 inches of snow, high snowfall rates, the first time I've seen thundersnow and thundersleet, and the snowpack lasted forever.

The bad:

-12/26, the snowdome, etc. Watching basically everyone in the United States except DC/Balt have a historic winter.

-Below average snowfall at BWI (I live about 10 minutes from the airport so I refer to those totals as IMBY measurements)

Final grade: I'll give it a C+. Not great, but I've seen much crappier winters here.

[CranberryWX]

I gave an A-. December made the season in my backyard. I had snow falling on almost everyday and had a rare White Christmas. That's what it is all about. January was okay, by February it was pretty much over, but that is okay. I'd rather get off to an early start, enjoy the snow and cold, and then move on to thoughts of Spring.

[North Balti Zen]

C-. 15 inches IMBY, and 7 of that was in the back half of that morning/night event that crippled traffic. Otherwise, a lot of slop and the parade of near misses everyone else is bummed about too.

I am also not a big fan of relentless cold without the snow as a payoff.

[Ellinwood]

C-

It had the expected amount of snow for a Nina year (less would have been nicer ), but January was not the torch almost everyone was expecting, which was quite disappointing.

[RIC Airport]

B- ... Richmond total so far is slightly less than normal. Which compared to areas just to our south and east.. (some places tippled their average down that way... ) It's a bit of a let down. But compared to expectations going into this winter... far exceeded what I was expecting.

Agreed, I would give it an A if we hit our 13" average. Although the number was lower than I would've liked, the number of days with at least a trace of snow, particuarly in December and January, made it seem as if we were having a decent winter. We did have a lot of disappointing close calls. But, when you consider the persistent cold and the fact that we were near average, we can't complain too much.

It's all relative though when you're grading a winter.

[stormitecture]

D here, but I also equate some of it to ROI events too.

Gaithersburg, MD in case folks have settings that delete info at the left.