You think this week's snow-and-ice storm has been a pain? Think back to where you were exactly four years ago today, and you may find yourself in the middle of a four-day snowstorm that dropped 28 inches at BWI - nearly 22 inches of it on the 16th. The region was paralyzed by the biggest snowfall in the city since official snow record-keeping began in 1883.

That February was and still is the snowiest on record, with 40.5 inches of snow. The winter of 2002-2003 ended as the second-snowiest, with 58.1 inches. The record-holder remains 1995-1996, when 62.5 inches fell. The average seasonal total for Baltimore for the 30-year period from 1971-2000 is just 18 inches.

Here's a link to The Sun's coverage of that monumental 2003 winter storm in stories and pictures.

Here's the National Weather Service's ranking of the top 10 winter storms for our region.

And here's a narrative description of all the major winter storms here since Thomas Jefferson was a pup.