Northern Virginia Winters: Snow Isn't Out of the Question Until We Hit April

Northern Virginia Winters: Snow Isn't Out of the Question Until We Hit April

It was a balmy seventy degrees this afternoon in Bristow, VA. I found myself flinging open the windows since I was sweating in my own home. Heck, to walk around the block I had to change into my summer workout clothes. My neighbors are on Facebook bemoaning the mild weather, complaining that we've had no winter.

I like snow as much as the next guy. The last winter we had blizzard upon blizzard (2009-2010) my husband and I had a sledding trail in our back yard that became down right treacherous as it melted during the day and iced over at night. The wrecks we had were epic. One night when I was thrown from the thing at the speed of Clark Griswold in Christmas Vacation, I thought I had broken my hip. After a few minutes of crying and moaning on the ground, it was back to sledding.

While I love snow, I am enjoying this mild winter we are having, but I'm not foolish enough to call winter over. I've lived in Northern Virginia my whole life. Some of our most notable storms have happened in February and March. The forecast temps may be in the high forties and fifties for the next ten days, but winter in Northern Virginia isn't over until I see April on the calendar.