MARYLAND — With winter 2026 still on the calendar, Maryland’s chances for more snowfall will depend on how often cold air returns to the region and whether storm tracks line up to produce precipitation while temperatures are low enough for snow.
So far this year, official climate data at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) show 11.7 inches of snow in January, which was above the January normal of 6.4 inches. By Feb. 12, BWI reported 0.0 inches of snowfall for February month-to-date, compared with a normal 3.5 inches by that point in the month, while season-to-date snowfall since Dec. 1 stood at 13.7 inches.
The season’s most impactful snow in central Maryland came during late January. A National Weather Service climate summary for Baltimore noted the month’s largest 24-hour precipitation total on Jan. 25, and classified at least one day as “heavy snow” during January. In western Maryland, snowfall from that same storm was higher in the mountains; a Maryland snowfall map based on National Weather Service reports listed 14.5 inches in Deer Park on Jan. 27…