Weather alerts in Maryland, January 2026

62 weather alerts in January 2026, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.

Weather alerts by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in January 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 62
Warnings: 12
Watches: 7
Advisories: 32
Busiest day: January 1, 202612 alerts

Over time

By day

Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.

The alerts

Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 31, 11:26 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allegany, Garrett	4 hr
Jan 1, 2:29 AM EST	Snow Squall Warning Significant damage threat	LWX	Allegany, Washington	46 min
Jan 1, 3:00 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Washington	4 hr
Jan 1, 3:20 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Allegany	25 min
Jan 1, 3:30 AM EST	Snow Squall Warning Significant damage threat	LWX	Carroll, Frederick, Washington	60 min
Jan 1, 4:17 AM EST	Snow Squall Warning Significant damage threat	LWX	Baltimore, Carroll, Cecil, Frederick, Harford, Howard	43 min
Jan 1, 4:29 AM EST	Snow Squall Warning Significant damage threat	LWX	Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Howard, Montgomery, Washington	38 min
Jan 1, 5:34 AM EST	Snow Squall Warning	PHI	Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot	56 min
Jan 1, 6:07 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dorchester	38 min
Jan 1, 6:31 AM EST	Snow Squall Warning	PHI	Caroline, Talbot	44 min
Jan 1, 6:44 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dorchester, Wicomico	46 min
Jan 1, 11:46 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	LWX	Garrett	23 hr
Jan 7, 12:12 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	PHI	Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot	8 hr
Jan 10, 12:35 PM EST	Wind Advisory	LWX	Allegany, Garrett	32 hr
Jan 10, 12:47 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	LWX	Garrett	32 hr
Jan 11, 10:19 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allegany, Garrett	5 hr
Jan 13, 6:29 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	LWX	Garrett	47 hr
Jan 14, 1:12 AM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	LWX	Garrett	54 hr
Jan 16, 12:53 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	LWX	Baltimore, Carroll, Garrett, Harford, Howard, Montgomery	35 hr
Jan 17, 1:34 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	AKQ	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester	30 hr
Jan 17, 2:13 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	LWX	Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Cecil, Garrett, Harford and 4 more	28 hr
Jan 18, 1:22 PM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	LWX	Allegany, Garrett	48 hr
Jan 19, 1:42 AM EST	Extreme Cold Warning	LWX	Garrett	35 hr
Jan 21, 11:21 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	LWX	Allegany, Garrett	23 hr
Jan 22, 1:48 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	AKQ	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester	36 hr
Jan 22, 2:12 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	PHI	Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot	34 hr
Jan 22, 2:16 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	LWX	Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Cecil and 10 more	32 hr
Jan 22, 12:49 PM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	LWX	Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Cecil and 10 more	47 hr
Jan 22, 12:59 PM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	PHI	Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot	47 hr
Jan 22, 1:36 PM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	AKQ	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester	46 hr
Jan 23, 10:03 AM EST	Winter Storm Warning	LWX	Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Cecil and 10 more	67 hr
Jan 23, 12:38 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	PHI	Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot	60 hr
Jan 23, 2:16 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	AKQ	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester	59 hr
Jan 23, 2:16 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	AKQ	Dorchester	70 hr
Jan 25, 6:01 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Cecil, Frederick and 8 more	6 hr
Jan 25, 9:39 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll, Charles and 14 more	3 hr
Jan 25, 11:53 AM EST	Extreme Cold Watch	LWX	Garrett	11 hr
Jan 25, 3:02 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Carroll and 14 more	4 hr
Jan 25, 11:13 PM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	LWX	Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Cecil and 10 more	4 days
Jan 25, 11:13 PM EST	Extreme Cold Warning	LWX	Allegany, Garrett	3 days
Jan 26, 1:16 AM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	PHI	Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot	7 days
Jan 26, 1:40 AM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	AKQ	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester	32 hr
Jan 26, 7:55 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico	50 min
Jan 26, 8:57 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	LWX	Garrett	14 hr
Jan 26, 9:19 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	AKQ	Wicomico, Worcester	26 min
Jan 27, 12:01 AM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	LWX	Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Cecil and 9 more	35 hr
Jan 27, 1:33 PM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	AKQ	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester	20 hr
Jan 27, 11:39 PM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	LWX	Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Cecil and 9 more	59 hr
Jan 28, 12:57 PM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	AKQ	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester	21 hr
Jan 28, 11:08 PM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	LWX	Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Cecil, Charles and 7 more	36 hr
Jan 29, 2:38 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	AKQ	Somerset, Worcester	35 hr
Jan 29, 1:13 PM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	AKQ	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester	21 hr
Jan 29, 1:13 PM EST	Extreme Cold Watch	AKQ	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester	36 hr
Jan 30, 12:35 AM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	LWX	Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Cecil and 10 more	33 hr
Jan 30, 2:16 AM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	AKQ	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester	47 hr
Jan 30, 11:23 AM EST	Extreme Cold Watch	LWX	Allegany, Garrett	14 hr
Jan 30, 2:01 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	AKQ	Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester	35 hr
Jan 30, 2:17 PM EST	Wind Advisory	AKQ	Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester	47 hr
Jan 31, 1:10 AM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	AKQ	Worcester	34 hr
Jan 31, 1:10 AM EST	High Surf Advisory	AKQ	Worcester	60 hr
Jan 31, 1:12 AM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	LWX	Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Cecil and 9 more	34 hr
Jan 31, 1:12 AM EST	Extreme Cold Warning	LWX	Allegany, Garrett	35 hr

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

Product	Alerts
Severe storms
Mesoscale Discussion	6
Special Weather Statement	5
Winter
Snow Squall Warning	6
Winter Storm Warning	3
Winter Storm Watch	4
Winter Weather Advisory	10
Cold
Extreme Cold Warning	3
Extreme Cold Watch	3
Cold Weather Advisory	17
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	2
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	1
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Advisory	1
High Surf Advisory	1

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

Nearby

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Sources

National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.