Favorite recent late February storm?

[gymengineer]

Given that many are seemingly allergic to post-President's Day snowfalls, I thought I'd ask which recent late February snowstorm was your favorite. All of these storms covered streets at some point during the event.

[WVclimo]

I got 6" in the 2007 one. Snow on snow too, as the Valentine's day glacier was still holding strong across my area.

Been here for 6 winters now, and that was one of the prettiest snowfalls.

[Sparky]

The period 2/20 through 2/29 is like the Bermuda triangle of memorable snowstorms. Now the first 15 days of March is a different story.

[gymengineer]

I picked 2/26-28/03 because the snow from PDII hadn't melted away yet, and this sequence covered over everything in a nice coat of snow again.

[2010 extreme]

I voted 2-25 07 because it fell fast and furious. 2/27-28 03 would be my second choice because it came during the evening w temps subfreezing and thus stuck on many surfaces ending a great winter.

[WVclimo]

That week at the end of February '05 was frustrating. Seemed like the entire southeast was wet the whole time, and nothing could coalesce to bring the juice northward into the cold air enough to dump on us. Ripe pattern, but still underperformed.

[Deck Pic]

2/24/05....4.5" and snowed for 24 hours straight...felt very wintry...radar never quit.....snowing when we woke up...snowing when we went to work...snowing after work and finally sticking good.....and just never stopped....It felt like a bigger event

[Deck Pic]

I picked 2/26-28/03 because the snow from PDII hadn't melted away yet, and this sequence covered over everything in a nice coat of snow again.

that was a sun angle frustration....didn't stick on the street in dupont circle until after dark....but then a nice event...it started ripping snow right before dark and then right when the sun set it started to stick almost immediately

[Deck Pic]

I'd sacrifice a limb for a 3-5" snowstorm right now

[benjammin]

I'd sacrifice a limb for a 3-5" snowstorm right now

I'd sacrifice one of your limbs too.

[gymengineer]

that was a sun angle frustration....didn't stick on the street in dupont circle until after dark....but then a nice event...it started ripping snow right before dark and then right when the sun set it started to stick almost immediately

Only 07 and 01 stuck during daylight hours- 07 from the rate of snowfall and 01 from that and the frigid temperatures. The 01 pileup on I-95 from a true white-out is still probably the worst east coast pileup ever.

[Chris L]

Only 07 and 01 stuck during daylight hours- 07 from the rate of snowfall and 01 from that and the frigid temperatures. The 01 pileup on I-95 from a true white-out is still probably the worst east coast pileup ever.

February 22, 2001? I recall that storm even up here in NJ, it did produce one hell of a traffic jam and mess at rush hour.

[Deck Pic]

Only 07 and 01 stuck during daylight hours- 07 from the rate of snowfall and 01 from that and the frigid temperatures. The 01 pileup on I-95 from a true white-out is still probably the worst east coast pileup ever.

yes...It was my smallest event of the sample tied with 2/28/05, but probably the heaviest snow during the heavy bands though 2/25/07 was similar

[Fozz]

All of those storms were meh, but I guess I'll go with Feb 2007. That was a nice burst even though it was a pretty brief storm.

The Feb 2005 ones were agonizing and tedious with their failure to stick during the day.

[mattie g]

I don't remember any of them in particular, so I'll go with whichever one gave me the most snow.

[gymengineer]

All of those storms were meh, but I guess I'll go with Feb 2007. That was a nice burst even though it was a pretty brief storm.

The Feb 2005 ones were agonizing and tedious with their failure to stick during the day.

Yeah, especially the second one, since it was supposed to be a bigger accumulation. The main snow shield took forever to get into the area- Miller A with a low in the Lakes.

[Fozz]

Yeah, especially the second one, since it was supposed to be a bigger accumulation. The main snow shield took forever to get into the area- Miller A with a low in the Lakes.

Yup. That was a huge disappointment, since it had the potential to be a KU. I still got 6" in the end, but much of it was after sunset. I would do anything to get 6" today, but at the time it was disappointing compared to some of the 8-12"+ forecasts that some were calling for.

[gymengineer]

Yup. That was a huge disappointment, since it had the potential to be a KU. I still got 6" in the end, but much of it was after sunset. I would do anything to get 6" today, but at the time it was disappointing compared to some of the 8-12"+ forecasts that some were calling for.

The two storms together triggered a bunch of editorials calling the DC area weather wusses. I guess that was because school systems had the tough choice of deciding to cancel based on the forecast vs. based on what was actually happening at 4-5 am. Most kids had no school Thursday (2/24), Friday, and Monday (some even got Tuesday cancelled). And really, only Friday the 25th was even half-warranting a closure.