Washington DC winters ranked from 1 to 130 (2022-2023 is not the worst!)

dallen7908 · March 1, 2023

Rank is based on (Inches of Snow) + (Days with >=1" on the ground) + (Days with mean T <=32) + (24hrsnow-5)*0.5. The latter is a big storm bonus.

Washington Area
Rank YYYY-YYYY Points Inches Days>1"G Days<32M BigSB Grade
1 1904-1905 158.2 41.0 55 61 1.2 A+
2 1917-1918 151.4 38.9 51 58 3.5 A+
3 1898-1899 138.2 54.4 33 46 4.9 A
4 1960-1961 132.1 40.3 44 43 4.8 A
5 2009-2010 126.6 56.1 30 29 11.5 A-
6 1903-1904 119.6 20.2 30 69 0.5 B+
7 1995-1996 116.3 46.0 25 40 5.3 B+
8 1921-1922 115.5 44.5 30 33 8.0 B+
9 1935-1936 113.5 32.8 29 47 4.7 B+
10 1933-1934 112.4 30.7 32 48 1.7 B+
11 2002-2003 112.2 40.4 28 39 4.9 B+
12 1910-1911 109.3 39.8 29 40 0.5 B+
13 1894-1895 108.5 24.8 39 44 0.7 B+
14 1911-1912 102.5 21.8 31 49 0.7 B
15 1978-1979 99.2 37.7 23 33 5.5 B
16 1899-1900 98.5 35.6 22 37 3.8 B
17 1919-1920 98.4 17.4 29 52 0.0 B
18 1966-1967 97.5 37.1 26 30 4.4 B
19 1939-1940 96.7 25.3 28 41 2.4 B
20 1977-1978 95.7 22.7 25 48 0.0 B-
21 1962-1963 95.0 21.4 27 46 0.5 B-
22 1963-1964 94.9 33.6 28 31 2.2 B-
23 1957-1958 94.4 40.4 16 31 7.0 B-
24 1947-1948 92.8 23.5 22 47 0.3 B-
25 1908-1909 92.3 36.0 29 23 4.3 B-
26 1934-1935 88.8 31.4 26 28 3.4 B-
27 1913-1914 86.6 28.6 21 37 0.0 B-
28 1906-1907 85.3 28.3 18 39 0.0 B-
29 1929-1930 84.7 20.4 22 39 3.2 B-
30 1976-1977 83.1 11.1 24 48 0.0 C+
Rank YYYY-YYYY Points Inches Days>1"G Days<32M BigSB Grade
31 2013-2014 82.6 32.0 20 30 0.5 C+
32 1924-1925 82.5 18.5 28 36 0.0 C+
33 1901-1902 82.1 13.1 20 49 0.0 C+
34 1987-1988 81.0 25.0 22 30 4.0 C+
35 1965-1966 80.9 28.4 18 30 4.5 C+
36 1967-1968 77.4 21.4 18 37 1.0 C+
37 1909-1910 77.0 20.0 19 38 0.0 C+
38 1905-1906 77.0 25.7 15 36 0.3 C+
39 1981-1982 73.2 22.5 22 28 0.8 C+
40 1959-1960 72.8 24.3 17 30 1.5 C+
41 1925-1926 72.6 17.4 17 36 2.2 C+
42 1915-1916 69.4 17.4 14 38 0.0 C
43 1993-1994 69.2 13.2 23 33 0.0 C
44 1916-1917 68.8 18.8 13 37 0.0 C
45 1896-1897 68.2 16.2 13 39 0.0 C
46 1893-1894 68.2 25.4 13 29 0.8 C
47 1900-1901 68.1 9.1 9 50 0.0 C
48 1986-1987 68.0 31.1 17 16 3.9 C
49 1945-1946 67.6 21.6 16 30 0.0 C
50 1989-1990 67.3 15.3 24 28 0.0 C
51 1907-1908 67.3 18.3 14 35 0.0 C
52 1964-1965 64.1 17.1 15 32 0.0 C
53 1946-1947 63.5 20.0 13 29 1.6 C
54 1985-1986 63.4 15.4 14 34 0.0 C
55 1932-1933 63.0 23.8 15 21 3.2 C
56 1914-1915 62.5 14.5 12 36 0.0 C
57 2014-2015 62.3 18.3 16 28 0.0 C
58 1982-1983 62.2 27.6 13 15 6.6 C
59 1999-2000 60.7 15.4 20 23 2.2 C
60 1961-1962 60.0 15.0 14 31 0.0 C
Rank YYYY-YYYY Points Inches Days>1"G Days<32M BigSB Grade
61 1940-1941 58.7 17.9 8 31 1.8 C-
62 1923-1924 58.2 21.9 9 27 0.3 C-
63 1979-1980 56.1 20.1 14 22 0.0 C-
64 1969-1970 56.0 14.0 13 29 0.0 C-
65 2003-2004 55.4 12.4 15 28 0.0 C-
66 1955-1956 55.3 11.3 6 38 0.0 C-
67 1938-1939 55.0 15.1 15 24 1.0 C-
68 2004-2005 54.5 12.5 11 31 0.0 C-
69 2015-2016 54.2 22.2 11 17 4.1 C-
70 1970-1971 52.7 11.7 6 35 0.0 C-
71 1983-1984 52.6 8.6 11 33 0.0 C-
72 2006-2007 52.5 9.5 11 32 0.0 C-
73 1942-1943 52.5 20.5 0 32 0.0 C-
74 1927-1928 50.3 13.6 9 25 2.8 C-
75 1922-1923 49.7 15.7 5 29 0.0 C-
76 1953-1954 49.6 18.0 11 19 1.6 C-
77 1936-1937 48.7 20.2 8 20 0.5 C-
78 1902-1903 48.2 8.2 9 31 0.0 C-
79 1895-1896 47.3 9.3 7 31 0.0 D+
80 2010-2011 47.1 10.1 10 27 0.0 D+
81 1984-1985 46.3 10.3 9 27 0.0 D+
82 1897-1898 46.0 11.0 7 28 0.0 D+
83 1928-1929 45.5 8.0 4 32 1.5 D+
84 2000-2001 44.4 7.4 6 31 0.0 D+
85 1968-1969 44.1 9.1 4 31 0.0 D+
86 1958-1959 42.9 4.9 3 35 0.0 D+
87 1971-1972 42.2 16.8 6 19 0.5 D+
88 1956-1957 42.2 14.2 10 18 0.0 D+
89 1941-1942 41.8 13.6 0 25 3.2 D+
90 1944-1945 41.8 7.8 0 34 0.0 D+
Rank YYYY-YYYY Points Inches Days>1"G Days<32M BigSB Grade
91 2008-2009 41.5 7.5 5 29 0.0 D+
92 1926-1927 41.3 4.3 9 28 0.0 D+
93 1950-1951 41.2 10.2 7 24 0.0 D+
94 1992-1993 39.6 11.7 7 20 0.9 D+
95 1998-1999 39.3 11.6 4 22 1.8 D+
96 2018-2019 38.7 16.9 9 11 1.8 D+
97 1973-1974 38.4 16.7 9 12 0.7 D+
98 2021-2022 38.2 13.2 6 18 1.0 D+
99 1994-1995 37.1 10.1 10 17 0.0 D+
100 1943-1944 36.7 7.7 0 29 0.0 D+
101 1937-1938 36.3 5.3 4 27 0.0 D+
102 2005-2006 35.5 13.6 6 15 1.0 D
103 1980-1981 35.5 4.5 3 28 0.0 D
104 1954-1955 34.6 6.6 4 24 0.0 D
105 2017-2018 33.8 7.8 4 22 0.0 D
106 1912-1913 33.5 8.7 5 19 0.8 D
107 1948-1949 33.3 15.8 7 10 0.5 D
108 1920-1921 32.8 6.8 4 22 0.0 D
109 1951-1952 29.2 10.2 3 16 0.0 D
110 1988-1989 28.7 5.7 2 21 0.0 D
111 1930-1931 28.5 2.5 3 23 0.0 D
112 1991-1992 27.6 6.6 4 17 0.0 D
113 1974-1975 24.8 12.8 5 7 0.0 D
114 1952-1953 23.3 8.3 5 10 0.0 D-
115 1931-1932 23.0 5.0 4 14 0.0 D-
116 1996-1997 22.7 6.7 4 12 0.0 D-
117 2020-2021 22.4 5.4 3 14 0.0 D-
118 1975-1976 22.2 2.2 1 19 0.0 D-
119 1990-1991 22.1 8.1 4 10 0.0 D-
120 2007-2008 21.9 4.9 4 13 0.0 D-
Rank YYYY-YYYY Points Inches Days>1"G Days<32M BigSB Grade
121 1972-1973 21.1 0.1 0 21 0.0 D-
122 1918-1919 19.3 3.3 0 16 0.0 D-
123 2016-2017 18.4 3.4 4 11 0.0 D-
124 1949-1950 16.4 3.4 1 12 0.0 D-
125 2012-2013 15.1 3.1 1 11 0.0 D-
126 2001-2002 13.2 3.2 1 9 0.0 D-
127 2011-2012 9.0 2.0 1 6 0.0 F
128 2019-2020 6.6 0.6 0 6 0.0 F
129 2022-2023 5.4 0.4 0 5 0.0 F
130 1997-1998 5.1 0.1 0 5 0.0 F

MN Transplant · March 1, 2023

Bottom 6 all in the last 30 years.

Roger Smith · March 4, 2023

Are the scores based on D-J-F or the extended winter season? In other words, can 2022-23 move up if there's any significant snow to come?

Scarlet Pimpernel · March 4, 2023

Interesting how 2009-10 is "only" ranked #5 and "only" an A-. But upon further thought, the first top 4 were pre-DCA measurements and I guess it was colder overall and more days with >1". And as expected 2009-10 has the highest "big storm" bonus, but in thinking of it, that's pretty much all we got that winter, big storms. A little surprising, 2013-14 is lower than I would have thought at #31 and a mere C+. Seems that so far the only thing that kept this winter slightly better than the all-time worst of 1997-98 is that DCA got just a bit more snow (0.4" vs. 0.1").

Scarlet Pimpernel · March 4, 2023

On 3/1/2023 at 12:31 PM, MN Transplant said:

Bottom 6 all in the last 30 years.

And 6 of the bottom 10 are in the 2000s (5 of those after 2010)!!

jayyy · March 4, 2023

Rank is based on (Inches of Snow) + (Days with >=1" on the ground) + (Days with mean T
Washington Area
Rank YYYY-YYYY Points Inches Days>1"G Days 1 1904-1905 158.2 41.0 55 61 1.2 A+
2 1917-1918 151.4 38.9 51 58 3.5 A+
3 1898-1899 138.2 54.4 33 46 4.9 A
4 1960-1961 132.1 40.3 44 43 4.8 A
5 2009-2010 126.6 56.1 30 29 11.5 A-
6 1903-1904 119.6 20.2 30 69 0.5 B+
7 1995-1996 116.3 46.0 25 40 5.3 B+
8 1921-1922 115.5 44.5 30 33 8.0 B+
9 1935-1936 113.5 32.8 29 47 4.7 B+
10 1933-1934 112.4 30.7 32 48 1.7 B+
11 2002-2003 112.2 40.4 28 39 4.9 B+
12 1910-1911 109.3 39.8 29 40 0.5 B+
13 1894-1895 108.5 24.8 39 44 0.7 B+
14 1911-1912 102.5 21.8 31 49 0.7 B
15 1978-1979 99.2 37.7 23 33 5.5 B
16 1899-1900 98.5 35.6 22 37 3.8 B
17 1919-1920 98.4 17.4 29 52 0.0 B
18 1966-1967 97.5 37.1 26 30 4.4 B
19 1939-1940 96.7 25.3 28 41 2.4 B
20 1977-1978 95.7 22.7 25 48 0.0 B-
21 1962-1963 95.0 21.4 27 46 0.5 B-
22 1963-1964 94.9 33.6 28 31 2.2 B-
23 1957-1958 94.4 40.4 16 31 7.0 B-
24 1947-1948 92.8 23.5 22 47 0.3 B-
25 1908-1909 92.3 36.0 29 23 4.3 B-
26 1934-1935 88.8 31.4 26 28 3.4 B-
27 1913-1914 86.6 28.6 21 37 0.0 B-
28 1906-1907 85.3 28.3 18 39 0.0 B-
29 1929-1930 84.7 20.4 22 39 3.2 B-
30 1976-1977 83.1 11.1 24 48 0.0 C+
Rank YYYY-YYYY Points Inches Days>1"G Days 31 2013-2014 82.6 32.0 20 30 0.5 C+
32 1924-1925 82.5 18.5 28 36 0.0 C+
33 1901-1902 82.1 13.1 20 49 0.0 C+
34 1987-1988 81.0 25.0 22 30 4.0 C+
35 1965-1966 80.9 28.4 18 30 4.5 C+
36 1967-1968 77.4 21.4 18 37 1.0 C+
37 1909-1910 77.0 20.0 19 38 0.0 C+
38 1905-1906 77.0 25.7 15 36 0.3 C+
39 1981-1982 73.2 22.5 22 28 0.8 C+
40 1959-1960 72.8 24.3 17 30 1.5 C+
41 1925-1926 72.6 17.4 17 36 2.2 C+
42 1915-1916 69.4 17.4 14 38 0.0 C
43 1993-1994 69.2 13.2 23 33 0.0 C
44 1916-1917 68.8 18.8 13 37 0.0 C
45 1896-1897 68.2 16.2 13 39 0.0 C
46 1893-1894 68.2 25.4 13 29 0.8 C
47 1900-1901 68.1 9.1 9 50 0.0 C
48 1986-1987 68.0 31.1 17 16 3.9 C
49 1945-1946 67.6 21.6 16 30 0.0 C
50 1989-1990 67.3 15.3 24 28 0.0 C
51 1907-1908 67.3 18.3 14 35 0.0 C
52 1964-1965 64.1 17.1 15 32 0.0 C
53 1946-1947 63.5 20.0 13 29 1.6 C
54 1985-1986 63.4 15.4 14 34 0.0 C
55 1932-1933 63.0 23.8 15 21 3.2 C
56 1914-1915 62.5 14.5 12 36 0.0 C
57 2014-2015 62.3 18.3 16 28 0.0 C
58 1982-1983 62.2 27.6 13 15 6.6 C
59 1999-2000 60.7 15.4 20 23 2.2 C
60 1961-1962 60.0 15.0 14 31 0.0 C
Rank YYYY-YYYY Points Inches Days>1"G Days 61 1940-1941 58.7 17.9 8 31 1.8 C-
62 1923-1924 58.2 21.9 9 27 0.3 C-
63 1979-1980 56.1 20.1 14 22 0.0 C-
64 1969-1970 56.0 14.0 13 29 0.0 C-
65 2003-2004 55.4 12.4 15 28 0.0 C-
66 1955-1956 55.3 11.3 6 38 0.0 C-
67 1938-1939 55.0 15.1 15 24 1.0 C-
68 2004-2005 54.5 12.5 11 31 0.0 C-
69 2015-2016 54.2 22.2 11 17 4.1 C-
70 1970-1971 52.7 11.7 6 35 0.0 C-
71 1983-1984 52.6 8.6 11 33 0.0 C-
72 2006-2007 52.5 9.5 11 32 0.0 C-
73 1942-1943 52.5 20.5 0 32 0.0 C-
74 1927-1928 50.3 13.6 9 25 2.8 C-
75 1922-1923 49.7 15.7 5 29 0.0 C-
76 1953-1954 49.6 18.0 11 19 1.6 C-
77 1936-1937 48.7 20.2 8 20 0.5 C-
78 1902-1903 48.2 8.2 9 31 0.0 C-
79 1895-1896 47.3 9.3 7 31 0.0 D+
80 2010-2011 47.1 10.1 10 27 0.0 D+
81 1984-1985 46.3 10.3 9 27 0.0 D+
82 1897-1898 46.0 11.0 7 28 0.0 D+
83 1928-1929 45.5 8.0 4 32 1.5 D+
84 2000-2001 44.4 7.4 6 31 0.0 D+
85 1968-1969 44.1 9.1 4 31 0.0 D+
86 1958-1959 42.9 4.9 3 35 0.0 D+
87 1971-1972 42.2 16.8 6 19 0.5 D+
88 1956-1957 42.2 14.2 10 18 0.0 D+
89 1941-1942 41.8 13.6 0 25 3.2 D+
90 1944-1945 41.8 7.8 0 34 0.0 D+
Rank YYYY-YYYY Points Inches Days>1"G Days 91 2008-2009 41.5 7.5 5 29 0.0 D+
92 1926-1927 41.3 4.3 9 28 0.0 D+
93 1950-1951 41.2 10.2 7 24 0.0 D+
94 1992-1993 39.6 11.7 7 20 0.9 D+
95 1998-1999 39.3 11.6 4 22 1.8 D+
96 2018-2019 38.7 16.9 9 11 1.8 D+
97 1973-1974 38.4 16.7 9 12 0.7 D+
98 2021-2022 38.2 13.2 6 18 1.0 D+
99 1994-1995 37.1 10.1 10 17 0.0 D+
100 1943-1944 36.7 7.7 0 29 0.0 D+
101 1937-1938 36.3 5.3 4 27 0.0 D+
102 2005-2006 35.5 13.6 6 15 1.0 D
103 1980-1981 35.5 4.5 3 28 0.0 D
104 1954-1955 34.6 6.6 4 24 0.0 D
105 2017-2018 33.8 7.8 4 22 0.0 D
106 1912-1913 33.5 8.7 5 19 0.8 D
107 1948-1949 33.3 15.8 7 10 0.5 D
108 1920-1921 32.8 6.8 4 22 0.0 D
109 1951-1952 29.2 10.2 3 16 0.0 D
110 1988-1989 28.7 5.7 2 21 0.0 D
111 1930-1931 28.5 2.5 3 23 0.0 D
112 1991-1992 27.6 6.6 4 17 0.0 D
113 1974-1975 24.8 12.8 5 7 0.0 D
114 1952-1953 23.3 8.3 5 10 0.0 D-
115 1931-1932 23.0 5.0 4 14 0.0 D-
116 1996-1997 22.7 6.7 4 12 0.0 D-
117 2020-2021 22.4 5.4 3 14 0.0 D-
118 1975-1976 22.2 2.2 1 19 0.0 D-
119 1990-1991 22.1 8.1 4 10 0.0 D-
120 2007-2008 21.9 4.9 4 13 0.0 D-
Rank YYYY-YYYY Points Inches Days>1"G Days 121 1972-1973 21.1 0.1 0 21 0.0 D-
122 1918-1919 19.3 3.3 0 16 0.0 D-
123 2016-2017 18.4 3.4 4 11 0.0 D-
124 1949-1950 16.4 3.4 1 12 0.0 D-
125 2012-2013 15.1 3.1 1 11 0.0 D-
126 2001-2002 13.2 3.2 1 9 0.0 D-
127 2011-2012 9.0 2.0 1 6 0.0 F
128 2019-2020 6.6 0.6 0 6 0.0 F
129 2022-2023 5.4 0.4 0 5 0.0 F
130 1997-1998 5.1 0.1 0 5 0.0 F

The fact that there are 3 prior winters with under 1” for the entire season almost makes you feel better about this years dumpster fire for a brief moment.

Also no surprise that most of those Fs occurred over the last 10-15 years.

dallen7908 · March 5, 2023

23 hours ago, Roger Smith said:

Are the scores based on D-J-F or the extended winter season? In other words, can 2022-23 move up if there's any significant snow to come?

Yes any snow in March or even April would add to the DC total. With respect to 2009-2010, the measured amount at DCA was quite a bit lower than at nearby locations.

BlizzardNole · March 6, 2023

My gawd 1903/04 and 1904/05 were FRIGID! I remember how cold those late 70s winters were and they had 39 and 48 days <32. Man 1904 and 1905 had 69 and 61?!?

fujiwara79 · March 8, 2023

On 3/6/2023 at 6:19 PM, BlizzardNole said:

My gawd 1903/04 and 1904/05 were FRIGID! I remember how cold those late 70s winters were and they had 39 and 48 days <32. Man 1904 and 1905 had 69 and 61?!?

well, to be fair, they weren't measuring temperature next to a river and jet exhaust back then.

WEATHER53 · March 8, 2023

Stellar work!!

psuhoffman · March 10, 2023

Our 6 worst winters, and 8 of the worst 10 all happened in the last 25 years. But its not.... oh nevermind.

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