Frigid FallsFrigid cold temperatures at Great Falls, Virginia, near Washington, D.C., shortly after a bomb cyclone. While Great Falls didn't receive much snow accumulation from the bomb cyclone, it did experience some very cold temperatures. When I shot this photo, it was 10.9 °F or -7.0 °F, if you account for the 18.4 mph winds. We didn't get a lot of snow from the bomb cyclone here in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, but we sure did get some cold temperatures. When I took this photo at Great Falls (about 30 min. outside Washington in Virginia), it was 10.9 °F or -7.0 °F, if you account for the 18.4 mph winds.