In 1987, a heavy, wet snowstorm dropped 3.4 inches and ultimately more than 10 inches in the D.C. area, causing power outages amid an already active stretch of winter weather.
In 2018, temperatures surged to a record 82 degrees, marking the warmest winter reading so early in the season and capping the warmest back-to-back winter days on record.
In 2015, the temperature plunged to a record low of 5 degrees, marking the city’s first record cold reading in over a decade and the most recent one set to date.
A massive 1979 snowstorm dumped a record 14 inches in a single day and nearly 19 inches overall, paralyzing the region and prompting stranded motorists to be rescued with the help of farmers’ tractors.
A 2015 cold wave kept temperatures in the teens as light snow added up over two days, shutting down schools and the federal government despite relatively modest totals.
A historic 2003 Presidents’ Day storm buried the region under up to two feet of snow, shutting down cities from Washington to Boston and rivaling the Blizzard of 1996.
A blockbuster 1958 snowstorm dumped nearly 13 inches in a day and left thousands stranded overnight at Bowie racetrack after failed attempts to escape the deepening snow.
The ferocious 1899 “Snow King” blizzard unleashed 12 inches in a day amid fierce winds and brutal cold, building toward one of the deepest snow covers and most extreme Arctic outbreaks ever recorded in the region.
