We had basically no snow in 2012, but Mother Nature more than made up for it by giving us an oddly hot and violently windy year.

It was quite the year in D.C. politics, with scandals, swearing and enough Marion Barry flubs to sink just about any other elected official. Here are the 12 things you may have missed, or maybe just chose to forget.

D.C. is on track to finish the year with fewer than 100 homicides, a number not seen since 1963. Still, other crimes have gone up.

It was on this day two years ago that the District dug itself out of 18 inches of snow. Today, well, it’s bone dry and seasonably chilly.

Looking towards 2012, President Obama might have a tougher time attracting the support in D.C. that he did four years ago — mostly because his campaign seems to have lopped off Ward 8 altogether.

Mike Allen reports this morning that former Virginia governor and Senator George Allen “plans to tell supporters within a week” that he’ll be campaigning for the Senate seat currently held by Democrat Jim Webb. Webb defeated Allen in 2006 by a razor-thin margin, but questions have recently been raised about whether he will even run for re-election in 2012 due to a lack of fundraising. If Webb does decide to run, the race is predicted by many to be one of the most vigorous in the nation, especially as President Obama will look to hang on to the Old Dominion’s support.