I have a Question for you, donsutherland.....

[Anonymous]

I have been living in N VA for well over 30 years. I have heard a lot of predictions for a very cold December. When December is predicted to be very cold, 1989 comes to mind. In December 1989 N VA was super cold and picked up 13 inches of snow total BUT the rest of the winter was very mild and rainy with NO more snow in DCA.

My question is:

How many winters have there been in the past 100 or so years which saw a colder-than-normal December then saw a cold January and/or February with above-average snowfall, in the Washington DC/Northern Virginia region (EAST of Manassas region of northern Virginia)?

Because it has been my experience that unusually cold Decembers are followed by average winters or milder-than normal winters in the DCA/northern Virginia region.

In other words, if you like snow in DCA, DON'T go wishing for colder-than-normal Decembers.

I say that if we were lucky enough to see warm 80-degree weather next month, I would literally be jumping for joy, because the DCA region would get plastered by severe cold and heavy, debilitating snows in January and February.

But not to worry this winter, December is going to be colder than normal with perhaps some snow in DCA, but Jan/Feb will subsequently be average to slightly milder than normal in DCA.

A cooler than normal December is extremely bad news for snow lovers in DCA, for the following January and February.

Oh by the way, I am not employing reverse psychology. Reverse psychology is nothing but BS. I'm through with that nonsense. December 2004 will be cold; January/February 2005 will see average to slightly mild readings in DCA with rainfall and a few flurries.