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Dr. Jeff Masters' compiled a list of the top snowstorms on record for Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, and helpfully set this season's storms in bold. From his blog entry:

Top 9 snowstorms on record for Philadelphia:

1. 30.7", Jan 7-8, 1996
2. 28.5", Feb 5-6, 2010 (Snowmageddon)
3. 23.2", Dec 19-20, 2009 (Snowpocalypse)
4. 21.3", Feb 11-12, 1983
5. 21.0", Dec 25-26, 1909
6. 19.4", Apr 3-4, 1915
7. 18.9", Feb 12-14, 1899
8. 16.7", Jan 22-24, 1935
9. 15.1", Feb 28-Mar 1, 1941

The top 10 snowstorms on record for Baltimore:

1. 28.2", Feb 15-18, 2003
2. 26.5", Jan 27-29, 1922
3. 24.8", Feb 5-6, 2010 (Snowmageddon)
4. 22.8", Feb 11-12, 1983
5. 22.5", Jan 7-8, 1996
6. 22.0", Mar 29-30, 1942
7. 21.4", Feb 11-14, 1899
8. 21.0", Dec 19-20, 2009 (Snowpocalypse)
9. 20.0", Feb 18-19, 1979
10. 16.0", Mar 15-18, 1892

The top 10 snowstorms on record for Washington, D.C.:

1. 28.0", Jan 27-28, 1922
2. 20.5", Feb 11-13, 1899
3. 18.7", Feb 18-19, 1979
4. 17.8" Feb 5-6, 2010 (Snowmageddon)
5. 17.1", Jan 6-8, 1996
6. 16.7", Feb 15-18, 2003
7. 16.6", Feb 11-12, 1983
8. 16.4", Dec 19-20, 2009 (Snowpocalypse)
9. 14.4", Feb 15-16, 1958
10. 14.4", Feb 7, 1936

I wonder what this week's storm will be called. At this rate, they're going to run out of cutsey names.

Comments

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

There are always more cute names.
Snow-my-god?

[redfishie.livejournal.com]

I first heard the snowmageden and snowpaclypse comments from friendds down in DC and MD during the last storm a month or so ago, I have to admit the terms drive me nuts - and I have heard them used on varying snowstorms interchangeably since.

I think it drives me nuts mostly because said friends all have power, and heat, and internet still - and in New Hampshire and parts of MA last year, we had an ice storm that knocked out all of those things, and didn't feel the need to talk about a snowpaclypse. I had coworkers who had no electricty for over a month.

I don't see how it being any sort of apocylpse if you still have your electricity and can make hot cocoa with little tiny marshmallows, and browse Facebook.

It honestly makes me want to slap someone when I hear those terms - its such a first world problem / term to describe the inconvenience of some weather.

[cerridwynn.livejournal.com]

My parents' yard stick measured 32" on their patio. My mom seems to think that, in their neighborhood at least, there's significantly more snow than there was in 1996.

Also, a second almost-but-not-quite snow day for me. Weird, without a flake on the ground where i live.