This past Sunday, exactly 10 years to the day from 2016’s infamous snowstorm that left the DMV area completely buried, the District was treated to a hefty helping of the fluffy white stuff after a few days of severe storm warnings and winter weather advisories.
Now that the storm has passed, communities across the DMV area have been able to assess the damage and, for the sake of meaningless bragging rights, determine which area got the most snow!
How much did it snow in Northern Virginia?
Across Virginia, the snow totals were as follows:
- Arlington County – 7 inches of snow
- Alexandria – 7 inches of snow
- Fredericksburg – 5.5 inches of snow
- Culpeper – 5 inches of snow
- Fairfax County – 8 inches of snow
- Frederick County – 8.5 inches of snow
- Loudoun County – 8.3 inches of snow
- Prince William County – 8 inches of snow
- Stafford County – 5.5 inches of snow
- Reagan National Airport – 6.9 inches of snow
- Dulles International Airport – 7.8 inches of snow
- Leesburg – 9.1 inches of snow
How much did it snow in Maryland?
Across Maryland, the snow totals were as follows:
- Clarksburg — 11.8 inches of snow
- Anne Arundel County – 7.6 inches of snow
- Baltimore County – 10 inches of snow
- Calvert County – 6.5 inches of snow
- Carroll County – 8 inches of snow
- Frederick County – 9 inches of snow
- Howard County – 9.7 inches of snow
- Montgomery County – 10.8 inches of snow
- Prince George’s County – 7 inches of snow
- BWI Marshall Airport – 11.3 inches of snow
- Ellicott City – 9.2 inches of snow
- Germantown – 7.2 inches of snow
- Bowie – 7 inches of snow
How much did it snow in Washington, D.C.?
Across the District, the average total was about 7.5 inches of snow.
What part of the DMV area got the most snow?
According to the snow totals that were calculated by WTOP and Fox News, around the greater DMV area, the most snow fell at the BWI Marshall Airport, which had almost a full foot of snow!