Snowstorm breaks records for D.C., Baltimore
From the National Weather Service office in Washington D.C. forecast discussion this morning:
MULTIPLE SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE BROKEN FROM THIS SNOWSTORM AT
DCA...BWI...IAD. DAILY SNOWFALL RECORDS FOR DEC 19 WERE SMASHED AT
ALL THREE AIRPORTS. THESE DAILY SNOWFALL REPORTS ON DEC 19 ALSO
BROKE RECORDS FOR THE MOST SNOWFALL FOR ANY CALENDAR DAY DURING
THE MONTH OF DEC.
DAILY DECEMBER SNOWFALL (IN INCHES)
NEW RECORD OLD RECORD
DCA 15.0 11.5 (1932)
BWI 20.5 11.5 (1932)
IAD 16.0 10.6 (1982)
ADDITIONAL CLIMATE TIDBITS FROM THE PAST STORM...
DCA...
THE 15.0 INCHES OF SNOW MEASURED YESTERDAY WAS THE THIRD
HIGHEST DAILY SNOWFALL ON ANY CALENDAR DAY AT WASHINGTON DC SINCE
SNOWFALL RECORDS BEGAN IN 1884.
THE STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 16.4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL ON DEC 18-19
2009 MARKS THE 6TH HIGHEST TWO-DAY SNOWFALL RECORD FOR WASHINGTON
DC...PUTTING IT JUST BELOW THE PRESIDENT/S DAY STORM IN 2003 AND
AHEAD OF THE JAN 1996 STORM.
FOR THE MONTH SO FAR...A TOTAL OF 16.6 INCHES OF SNOW HAS BEEN
RECORDED AT DCA. THIS MAKES IT THE SNOWIEST DECEMBER ON RECORD FOR
WASHINGTON DC (PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 16.2 IN 1962).
BWI...
THE 20.5 INCHES OF SNOW MEASURED YESTERDAY WILL GO DOWN AS THE FIFTH
HIGHEST DAILY SNOWFALL ON ANY CALENDAR DAY AT BALTIMORE SINCE
SNOWFALL RECORDS BEGAN IN 1893.
THE STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 21.0 INCHES OF SNOWFALL ON DEC 18-19
2009 MARKS THE 6TH HIGHEST TWO-DAY SNOWFALL RECORD FOR BALTIMORE.
FOR THE MONTH SO FAR...A TOTAL OF 22.2 INCHES OF SNOW HAS BEEN
RECORDED AT BWI. THIS MAKES IT THE SNOWIEST DECEMBER ON RECORD FOR
BALTIMORE (PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 20.4 INCHES IN 1966).
