Over 7 inches officially in D.C.: Third biggest snow so late in season on record! 2014!!!

[elleng]

By Jason Samenow
March 17, 2014 at 11:32 a.m. EDT

Through 7 a.m., Reagan National Airport had picked up 7.2 inches of snow (3.9 inches today, 3/17, and 3.3 inches Sunday, 3/16) from this late winter storm. Impressively, it’s the third biggest snowstorm on record to occur so late in the season in Washington weather records, which date back to 1888.

(Note: Reagan National Airport, while located in Virginia, serves as Washington, D.C.’s official weather station.)

The only more prolific snow-producers this deep into March occurred March 28-29, 1942 (11.5 inches), and March 27-28, 1891 (12 inches).

The 7.2 inches ranks as D.C.’s 10th biggest snowstorm in March on record, knocking the 1993 March 12-13 superstorm, which dropped 6.6 inches, off the top 10 list.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2014/03/17/over-7-inches-officially-in-d-c-third-biggest-snowstorm-so-late-in-season-on-record/?

[NJCher]

1. Will it melt away in the next few days?

I checked the link but no info on that in the story.

Beautiful pic of the Capitol, though.

[elleng]

2. This was in 2014, Cher, and darned if I remember it!