That's a wrap! Winter 2026 is over. I'll be covering hurricanes this summer.

A brief recap of snow storms this year and how this season measured up to others.

📊 Seasonal snowfall (Virginia Beach)

• A local CoCoRaHS observer measured about 2.5 inches total through mid-February 2026.

• Long-range seasonal summaries put the winter around ~4.2 inches for the season to date (preliminary / incomplete data).

• Most individual events were minor (generally ~1–2” or less each) near the coast because of mixing and marine air.

✅ That lines up with what you’ve seen operationally: several threats, but the coastal boundary layer kept big totals away.

🧊 How that compares to last winter

• Winter 2024-2025: ~16.8 inches (including the February 2025 ~10–12” blockbuster — heaviest since 1989).
  ➡️ So this winter is way below last year.

📉 Climatology context

Typical Virginia Beach seasonal snow: ~5–6 inches (order of magnitude).
So 2025-26 is:

• Below normal

• Nowhere near a top-tier snow winter

🧭 Bottom line

Winter 2025-2026 total (so far): ~2–4 inches
➡️ A low-snow coastal winter for VB.

Time for the Groundhog to see its shadow and Spring to begin. Nothing in the long range models suggests a snowstorm is possible out to 384 hours. As much as I hate to say it, I think our chances for snow will have to wait until next winter.

I’ll be around because I'll report on the next coolest thing in weather: hurricanes. We get plenty of scares and the occasional glancing blow. I’ll be here to update you on hurricane development and any risk to Virginia Beach.

Enjoy the break. Hurricane season starts June 1st, but doesn’t really get going until mid July, and Virginia Beach doesn’t really get involved until August 1st-Oct 1st when the water near us reaches it warmest values and the wind shear dies down. I’ll be back then! Without looking, can you name the hurricane below…HINT: happened in the last 10 years.

Hurricane Dorian: September 2019