# Where is the cold and snow I was promised? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 11, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-cold-and-snow-i-was-promised/740198 "2015-12-11T20:38:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-cold-and-snow-i-was-promised/740198/21 "2015-12-11T21:42:16Z")
You’re jumping the gun, Asimovian. Winter doesn’t begin until December 22. And trust me, the weather will change then. Practically to the day. Come back and talk about snow in February. Edit: I see I was ninja’d, though my response came from Midwestern experience, nowhere near the ocean. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-cold-and-snow-i-was-promised/740198/22 "2015-12-11T21:50:14Z")
Feel free to share any surplus snow with us poor souls out west, when it arrives. A friend lived in DC for several years and I think it was 3 or 4 years ago they had a big storm come thru and he send me photos of his patio furniture with at least 16 inches on it. Not sure what month, tho. Be patient. ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-cold-and-snow-i-was-promised/740198/23 "2015-12-11T22:32:40Z")
December is usually a bit early for anything significant. January often gets one or two good ones, February gets rolling, but March is when (and if) the big bad ones hit… Like two blizzards in one week. Then two weeks later we see 60 degrees. Yeah March is bipolar weather month. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-cold-and-snow-i-was-promised/740198/24 "2015-12-11T22:56:12Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > Move to Buffalo. No. I was watching the news the other day and they were saying this has been the warmest winter in Buffalo since 1892. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-cold-and-snow-i-was-promised/740198/25 "2015-12-11T22:58:28Z")
Come back west! Evidently the entire northwest is getting slammed by a big ole storm of the century type snow storm. Even in Denver, we’re getting 4 inches of snow tonight from this storm. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-cold-and-snow-i-was-promised/740198/26 "2015-12-11T23:21:03Z")
Boy, are you ever going to regret your complaint about no cold or snow. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2015, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-cold-and-snow-i-was-promised/740198/27 "2015-12-11T23:27:19Z")
Growing up in Philadelphia I hardly ever saw a white Christmas. And it was possible–though rare–to have a snow-free winter. DC is even warmer and that might not be so rare. Amazingly, here in Montreal there has been no snow (a few random flakes excepted) and today’s high was 14C (about 57F) which is almost unheard of in December. They were predicting some snow for Monday and Tuesday, but I just looked again and they have changed that to rain. And you are welcome to all the snow we don’t get. I guess it is el nino. Welcome after last winter. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2015, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-cold-and-snow-i-was-promised/740198/28 "2015-12-12T02:01:01Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > A friend lived in DC for several years and I think it was 3 or 4 years ago they had a big storm come thru and he send me photos of his patio furniture with at least 16 inches on it. Not sure what month, tho. Be patient. Probably 2010. [See here for my photos](https://www.flickr.com/photos/pinfeatherphotos/albums/72157623367622144). Just west of Washington, DC, we got **29 inches**. The next day **9 more** fell. That set the all-time record locally. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2015, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-cold-and-snow-i-was-promised/740198/29 "2015-12-12T02:05:38Z")
And now a friend back home just outside of LA tells me that her area may get a few flurries tonight. It’s just not fair. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2015, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-cold-and-snow-i-was-promised/740198/30 "2015-12-12T02:14:46Z")
**Asimovian** , you should have moved to _Boston_, _last_ year. You would have been able to Observe The Snow, It… (longtime Cecil readers know how that ends) DC just gets miserable and wet and muddy and once in a while you get over 4 inches of snow and The World Comes To An End. ETA: Ah, yes, **Sailboat** , “Snowmaggedon”. The only thing moving was the President’s motorcade and even then a couple of the vehicles skidded into the curb. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2015, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-cold-and-snow-i-was-promised/740198/31 "2015-12-12T02:37:36Z")
You can have all the snow you want. Just keep it away from me. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2015, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-cold-and-snow-i-was-promised/740198/32 "2015-12-12T03:45:58Z")
What do you expect? You’re practically in the South. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2015, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-cold-and-snow-i-was-promised/740198/33 "2015-12-12T04:12:03Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > “That’s because we destroyed the planet, so there’s no more snow and we’re all going to die. Now who wants waffles?” She loves waffles. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2015, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-cold-and-snow-i-was-promised/740198/34 "2015-12-12T04:21:24Z")
About average here at 11,200 feet in Colorado. As of Dec 10th 60 inches so far. December has been light for snow fall. The real snow comes in the spring. 30 feet measured at our house for the winter is not unusual. We measure every 24 hours. We have a dedicated plow truck and 4x4 Kubota tractor to deal with it. The good news is that I don’t have to mow grass up here. Be careful what you wish for. 😃 (though I understand, in a weird way) ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2015, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-cold-and-snow-i-was-promised/740198/35 "2015-12-12T05:38:46Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > When I agreed to move from my life-long Los Angeles home earlier this year, one of the things I looked forward to about moving to the east coast was getting some actual weather! We got to the DC area in the late summer, and I can say that I actually got to experience a few decent thunder storms. But now that summer has long passed, and winter is nearly here, I’ve been anxiously awaiting some quality cold weather. And most importantly, I’ve been waiting for it to snow so that I can go out in _my_ yard or on _my_ deck to enjoy it, rather than having to drive up into a distant mountain range. > > Instead, what I get is an “unseasonably warm” December so far. What gives? I had no desire to bring the drought out here with me. I keep looking at the long-range weather forecasts on The Weather Channel, but not a flake of snow appears to be in sight, at least for the next 15 days. > > Now, I know some of you are thinking that I’m going to jinx it by even raising the issue. To which I say, I DAMN WELL HOPE SO! That’s exactly my goal. Don’t like it? You can throw a snowball at me, as soon as that becomes an option. > > Where’s the snow, dammit? I am in the subtropics and we are having late summer wx. I figure everything weather wise is about 2 months late. Just wait. If and when you do get snow please build a snowman. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2015, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-cold-and-snow-i-was-promised/740198/36 "2015-12-12T14:28:06Z")
The poor deprived OP can console himself by reading up on [major winter storms](http://www.erh.noaa.gov/lwx/winter/storm-pr.htm#Noreasters) in the D.C. area (they’ve been getting more common in recent decades) and living happy fantasies about the fun commute that will result from the next one. > **[A history of disastrous snow storms in the D.C. area - WTOP News](https://wtop.com/weather-news/2015/01/history-disastrous-snow-storms-d-c-area/)** > > WASHINGTON — Last week, Washington re-learned the hard way that a snowstorm's societal impact cannot be measured in inches. History has proven that it is not the biggest storms… ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-cold-and-snow-i-was-promised/740198/37 "2015-12-12T14:49:16Z")
> [@Dorjan](#): > > Winter is coming. Pshaw. It’s not even breathing hard yet. ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2015, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-cold-and-snow-i-was-promised/740198/38 "2015-12-12T15:31:36Z")
I’m 100% on board with this thread. In years past, my area’s gotten it’s first major storm before _Halloween_, and it’s going to be in the 60s tomorrow. Christmas carols are nice, but I’m still hoping for December snow. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2015, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-cold-and-snow-i-was-promised/740198/39 "2015-12-12T15:58:21Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-cold-and-snow-i-was-promised/740198/40 "2015-12-12T16:00:56Z")
Have patience. Seasons in DC run a bit late. Fall doesn’t even think about starting until October. Real winter weather comes in January and lasts well in to March- even April can get a bit icy. Then you get approximately 30 seconds of Spring and it’s Summer again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-cold-and-snow-i-was-promised/740198.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-cold-and-snow-i-was-promised/740198.md?page=3)