The Washington, DC area really got walloped by snow this weekend. The official total was about 16 inches but I'm pretty sure my neighborhood got more like 24 inches (my neighbor measured 22 inches in his back yard). I went out yesterday and took photos of some of my palms in the snow--note that I don't provide protection of any kind, other than mulch. The palms have survived this kind of weather previously, although some of them have had spear pull and partial defoliation after temperatures in the low teens or high single digits, and aside from the cold, heavy snow can cause mechanical damage by its sheer weight.

Trachycarpus fortunei "Bulgarian polar palm" living up to its name (but seemingly waving for help from behind a snow drift):

Here's a slightly closer view:

Trachycarpus fortunei, sold as T. "takil"--this has proven to be one of my hardiest palms and the only one that has never had spear pull or any other damage:

Closer view:

There's a Sabal minor under there somewhere:

No pics of my small needle palm or waggies (Trachycarpus wagnerianus), which are completely buried. But here's somebody who knows how to keep warm on a cold winter day--there's nothing like a pile of clean warm laundry fresh from the dryer!