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The last time that much snow fell in a single day in Washington was on Jan. 3, 2022, when 6.9 inches fell, and on Jan. 13, 2019, when 8.3 inches piled up. Fresh snow at Freedom Plaza in Washington ...
According to the National Weather Service's preliminary snowfall totals Monday night, between 6.5 and 7 inches of snow accumulated in Washington, D.C. See photos of the snow below.
This snowstorm is the biggest in the history of Washington since official record keeping began in 1885 (although it is dwarfed by the 36 inches (91 cm) of snow in the Washington–Jefferson Storm of January 1772). [3] Among other disruptions, Congress adjourned as a result of the storm. [4]
The December 2009 North American blizzard was a powerful nor'easter that formed over the Gulf of Mexico in December 2009, and became a major snowstorm that affected the East Coast of the United States and Canadian Atlantic provinces. The snowstorm brought record-breaking December snowfall totals to Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Philadelphia.
All cities from Washington, D.C. to Boston were covered in 15–30 inches (38–76 cm) of snow [2] and those cities were brought to a standstill due to problems caused by temperatures and the snow. In Baltimore and Boston, this was the biggest snowstorm on record, with 28.2 and 27.5 inches (71.6 and 69.9 cm) respectively.
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Aftermath of the storm in Cleveland Park, Washington, D.C. Maximum snow depth was measured at 42 in (110 cm) in Glengary, West Virginia, on January 24. [120] Baltimore, Maryland, recorded its largest snowfall on record. [121] Two people died from heart attacks while shoveling snow and a third from undetermined causes across Maryland.
"The biggest single snowstorm for the immediate D.C. area was the Knickerbocker Storm," Dan Hofmann, a meteorologist stationed in the National Weather Service office in Washington, D.C., told ...