Winter 2024-25. Lets grade it.

[CAPE]

Since winter is pretty clearly over, what grade do you give it? IMBY specific ofc. Mine is going to be fairly high. I will post it later tonight or tomorrow.

[NorthArlington101]

C+?
 

Around average snow, got my money’s worth out of WxBell, missed the early Jan storm which was frustrating but trying not to let that impact grade. Might’ve been a B- if not for getting teased with a better season 

[Chris78]

D+

Less than 60 % of climo for my yard.

3 years and running without a 6"+ storm which is kind of unusual along the M/D line.

A disappointing winter considering how cold it was overall 

 

[CAPE]

1 minute ago, Chris78 said:

D+

Less than 60 % of climo for my yard.

3 years and running without a 6"+ storm which is kind of unusual along the M/D line.

A disappointing winter considering how cold it was overall 

 

Yeah the worm will turn at some point for the northern tier. Hopefully a mod Nino next winter.

[CAPE]

32 minutes ago, NorthArlington101 said:

C+?
 

Around average snow, got my money’s worth out of WxBell, missed the early Jan storm which was frustrating but trying not to let that impact grade. Might’ve been a B- if not for getting teased with a better season 

The mid Feb to early March modeled epic look (lol) was a fail. We should be used to that by now.

[HokieEnginerd]

Probably a B for western Prince William.  I got a 9 inch snow and a 7 inch snow.  I would have loved to see a huge one but I won't complain about the snow sticking on the ground for near the entirety of January.

[WxUSAF]

C+. Maybe B- if I’m tipsy and feeling very generous. Snow is what we care about and that was BN and a bit below median still IMBY. But overall it felt like winter mostly for 3 months. Avoided any long duration torches. Good January snow cover. 

[CAPE]

11 hours ago, WxUSAF said:

C+. Maybe B- if I’m tipsy and feeling very generous. Snow is what we care about and that was BN and a bit below median still IMBY. But overall it felt like winter mostly for 3 months. Avoided any long duration torches. Good January snow cover. 

I will go with B+

A 9"+ storm in early Jan with well below normal temps keeping snow otg for 20 days doesn't happen often here. Also had a couple minor 'snow refresher' events too. The Feb storm produced 8.5", even if it was almost immediately washed away by rain. The epic model fail that followed was tough and had something even decent materialized it would have made this an A winter here,  but a nearly 20 inch total is above avg and combined with the cold Jan and overall deep winter feel with prolonged snow over, I can only downgrade it slightly.

[WVclimo]

I think @Chris78nailed it for our area, but I might go C- rather than D+
As a fan of cold weather, 4 consecutive mornings below zero is rare.  And a -4.5 departure for the coldest month of the year was enjoyable for me.

[stormy]

There have been 7 analog Nina winters back to 1955.

 Augusta County average total snowfall  for these winters has been 9.9 inches. The snowiest was 24.5 in 1964-65.  17.7 inches this winter was number 2 and gives it a B+ in total snowfall for a Nina.  Temperature departure made it a cold winter.

45 year average annual is 24 inches.  It gets a C- in this department.

 

[EastCoast NPZ]

I got 12.7" of snow.  Less than 50% of the  "average" I haven't reached in a decade now.  So, F.

We did have periods of cold and no outrageous long periods of heat.  So, B.

But another season of very dry,going on year 3 of drought.  So, F.

 

Average it out: D

[ravensrule]

I’ll give my area a DD. Just below an F. Awful winter. 

[wxdude64]

Beating 'climo' on snowfall and having snow OTG for 40+ days this winter, a B+. Plus, the fact that it FELT like winter with the cold temps. Lots of moisture (snow and rain) should help hold off the drought talk for a bit.  

[dailylurker]

Solid A here in the South River watershed. It was the best winter since 2014-15. It was cold when it counted. I started the season with a severe thundersnow storm that dropped an inch in less than 10 minutes. A few days later I jacked on the January 6th event with almost 10". That stayed on the ground for over 3 weeks. February featured a 6.5" snowstorm. 

Season 17.5"

A

[Its a Breeze]

Just over 20" of snow - two 6"+ events. Snow was on the ground for almost a month. Jan and Feb below normal temps.

Have to go with A.

Things that would have made it better: That Feb. miss....man, that was painful; and Dec was blah. I really don't care that much about March sucking for winter weather this year. We did good down here, so, bring on the 70s.

 

Edit: Just seeing Cape's post. I should have just said ditto, lol

[JenkinsJinkies]

Using CWG's forecast for DCA I would give it an A.

Area wide it gets a C.

[Rhino16]

grading for blacksburg:
D. I don’t think we got to half our mean snowfall this year. There were 2 huge ice storms that were just annoying. When it did snow, it impacted travel to AMS, so that was annoying. I might be able to allow a low C just for the cold, and the mood flakes from upslope.

[ldub23]

1  nine  inch storm and a total of  13 inches. Some cold temps. B+

[Eskimo Joe]

Grade is C for me. Best of the past couple of years, but two big models busts in Feb for snow stung. 

[WEATHER53]

For me a B-

one 8”, one 5.5, one 2 one 1

16.5 total and one very good cold stretch

Models  abject failure again but until people stop paying for misrepresentation then nothing will change 

[IronTy]

I'd have to give it an A down here. About 150% of climo for snow and you can't ask for much better on sustained cold temps.  

[mappy]

Shit. It was shit. 

[WxUSAF]

27 minutes ago, mappy said:

Shit. It was shit. 

S tier winter at Mt Parkton. Awesome!

[mappy]

40 minutes ago, WxUSAF said:

S tier winter at Mt Parkton. Awesome!

I saw more snow in Syracuse in one 3-day trip than any one event in my own backyard 

[RickinBaltimore]

C - Decent amount of cold and we did have snow stick around for a bit.

[HighStakes]

C-. The very cold stretches kept it from being a D. 4th straight winter up here with well below average snow. The February tease was a bitter pill to swallow. An abrupt end to winter after the cold 3rd week of February. March appears to be a shut out. 

[RIC_WX]

Clearly we are weighting snow above cold in our grading...

For DCL / Garrett - a major pre thanksgiving snowstorm, epic weeks of cold D-J-F, 4 consecutive sub zero mornings in January (peaking with twin -12 readings), lake iced over solid for 9+ consecutive weeks, 100"+ of snow spread across too many events to count.  Worst week was the mild stretch between xmas and new years, no matter what we can't seem to escape this.  Still, it will take this weeks sustained 60*+ temps to finally get the ice out of the lake in mid March.  I suspect it will still be too cold for swimming memorial day weekend, in stark contrast with last year.  Grade: A

For Leesburg - kids missed a ton of school.  High utility bills.  Enough snow to break one shovel and the gas powered snow removal machine, despite accumulations being on the low side of normal.  Spring green up appears delayed until...well, spring.  Grade: B

Given our overall warmer climate period we are in, this will be remembered objectively as a very good winter in a series of mostly bad ones I think.

[BristowWx]

1 hour ago, HighStakes said:

C-. The very cold stretches kept it from being a D. 4th straight winter up here with well below average snow. The February tease was a bitter pill to swallow. An abrupt end to winter after the cold 3rd week of February. March appears to be a shut out. 

Concur with everything you said.  C+ however because I did ok with snow.  

[adelphi_sky]

I give it a B. I loved the cold air and the fact that I could look at snow for more than a few days. Model watching was also fun even though most ended up south or nothing at all. An emotional rollercoaster for sure. Would love to have snow on snow again. Or at least two big ones next winter.

[MN Transplant]

C+.  Below average, above median snow.  Long period of snowcover gives it a +.