This El Nino is being characterized as one of the strongest such phenomena that has been recorded. We checked out the six strongest recorded El Nino patterns and then checked what the average winter temperature, and snowfall was around the DC area in those years. Of six strongest El Nino patterns, just one year had a winter temperature average below normal. Six snowstorms in the six strongest El Nino winters are in the top 20 storms of all time. Snowfall ends up usually very low, or very high .
Winters are usually normal to milder than normal.