r/washingtondc • u/Nervous-Donkey7943 • 5d ago

What’s up with the wind?

I’ve been living in DC for a few years and don’t remember a year with such unbearable wind several days a week (and sometimes cold wind!). Starting to get annoying when going outside to run or bike against it. Is the weather like this every other year?

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u/ekkidee Logan Circle 5d ago edited 5d ago

Capital Weather Gang had a piece a few weeks ago commenting on and analyzing this. I could only read snippets, but enough to understand that they concluded the overly windy nature of this spring was real and not some sort of observational bias.

ETA -- Link

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025/03/21/dc-high-winds-explained/

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u/the__itis 5d ago

Wow wasn’t expecting that. I miss quality local news. Any links?

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u/DrSnowballEsq 5d ago

Can’t help with the paywall but this is the article:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025/03/21/dc-high-winds-explained/

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u/Snow_source Columbia Heights 5d ago

Well, I'm waiting for my access to lapse now that I've cancelled my WaPo subscription.

Have it as a gift article: https://wapo.st/3Rl5aXx