CapitalClimate: New All-Time Snowfall Records at Washington Dulles, Baltimore

The National Weather Service announced this evening that new all-time snowstorm records have been set at Washington Dulles and Baltimore BWI:

AT 5:10 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...32.4 INCHES OF TWO-DAY STORM TOTAL
SNOWFALL WAS RECORDED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER
FORECAST OFFICE IN STERLING VA. THIS OBSERVATION RECORDED AT THE
STERLING WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE IS DEEMED CLIMATOLOGICALLY
REPRESENTATIVE OF DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DUE TO ITS PROXIMITY
TO THE AIRPORT.

PRELIMINARY INDICATIONS ARE THAT THIS 32.4 INCH TWO-DAY STORM TOTAL
SNOWFALL BREAKS THE PREVIOUS TWO-DAY STORM RECORD OF 23.2" ON 7-8
JANUARY 1996...AND THE PREVIOUS THREE-DAY STORM RECORD OF 24.6" ON
6-8 JANUARY 1996.

Snow causes multiple roof collapses around region - wtop.com

WASHINGTON - At least four buildings have suffered roof collapses in the D.C. area because of the snow.

Washington, D.C. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

...winter brings sustained cool temperatures and annual snowfall averaging 16.6 inches

[Question: If the federal government ever seriously tried to impose a $175-per-cow global warming fee, how would farmers react?] - Salt Lake Tribune

THUMB DOWN: Cows are culprits » Utah Farm Bureau President Randy Parker believes the Environmental Protection Agency has something against cows and pigs and the farmers and ranchers who raise them. While an EPA-proposed $175-per-cow fee seems steep, the need to control global warming is critical. Methane from livestock accounts for 18 percent of the world's greenhouse gases, and it is 23 times more potent than CO2 as a heat-trapping gas. Since agriculture will be among the industries hardest hit by effects of global warming -- drought, for example -- farmers have a responsibility to help mitigate those impacts.