Photo by JustinSchuck

The last two winters have been total busts when it comes to snow in D.C., but we can now safely say that they’re also historical busts. The Capital Weather Gang wrote yesterday that the combined 5.1 inches of snow we got over the last two winters are the lowest in recorded history:

Looking across season to season totals, we find the 5.1 inches in D.C. during the last two winters combined is the lowest on record, beneath the two-winter period ending in 1997-98 which yielded 6.8 inches.

In the last 3 winters, D.C. has picked up 15.2 inches, which is a little less than average for one! This is the lowest 3-year snow total on record, well below the 18.4 inches from the 3-year period ending in 1998-99.

Don’t fret, though—unless climate change has really done away with D.C. snow for good, the historical record shows a lot of years when there wasn’t much snow, followed by a few when there was plenty.