DC Snowfall 2017: How Much We Got, And What's Next

WASHINGTON, DC — As is almost always the case in this region, the snowfall forecasts ended up overshooting reality. So as we dig ourselves out of what is undoubtedly the last snowstorm of the season, how much snow did everyone get, and what does the immediate future hold for D.C.?

In the end, D.C. got less than three inches of snow: 2.7 inches at the National Zoo, to be exact, and 2.5 inches at the White House, according to the National Weather Service. The snowfall totals were last recorded at 11 a.m. Tuesday morning.

It appears the snowstorm merely grazed the D.C. area while pounding points north. You didn't have to go far to see dramatically different snowfall totals. Up the road in Maryland, Frederick received 10 inches of snow, or four times what D.C. got.

So what's next for D.C.? Expect a rapid return to spring-like temperatures this weekend, although we won't be completely rid of the cold for the remainder of this month. Weather.com predicts that temperatures will rise to near 60 degrees on Saturday after hovering in the 30s and 40s for the rest of the work week. Temperatures will dip back down into the 40s here and there over the next 15 days, but should stay in the 50s for much of March.

In the meantime, enjoy these images from the last 24 hours of snow excitement in D.C.

About Tuesday morning post snow at downtown DC and Silver Spring @capitalweather pic.twitter.com/xuJ0molUJt
— Dan Lawrence (@danwlawrence) March 14, 2017

I-270 northbound this morning. Snow covered with very granular snow. pic.twitter.com/DHmIlCHnh5
— Dave Rysak (@DaveFox5DC) March 14, 2017

A few of the 200 plows out on the streets of D.C. overnight pushing snow. The latest on DC coditions on #GMW on @ABC7News pic.twitter.com/u5DvJirmsG
— Suzanne Kennedy (@ABC7Suzanne) March 14, 2017

Thanks @DDOTDC, you should know I find this oddly hypnotic #DMV #Snow pic.twitter.com/jO6jrvVZDq
— Tom Fitzgerald (@FitzFox5DC) March 14, 2017

Image via Wikimedia user Alexey Kljatov