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Extreme Cold Warnings in North Carolina, 2026
10 extreme cold warnings in 2026. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of extreme cold warnings reaches back to 2005.
Extreme Cold Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Extreme Cold Warnings
- 10
- Busiest month
- January8 extreme cold warnings
- Busiest day
- January 30, 20264 extreme cold warnings
Over time
By month
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 12:22 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga | 36 hr |
| Jan 26, 1:38 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | GSP | Avery, Haywood, Jackson, Madison, Mitchell, Swain and 1 more | 34 hr |
| Jan 30, 11:37 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | GSP | Alexander, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 22 more | 49 hr |
| Jan 30, 11:59 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | ILM | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender, Robeson | 70 hr |
| Jan 30, 2:30 PM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes, Yadkin | 47 hr |
| Jan 30, 2:45 PM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Greene and 9 more | 67 hr |
| Jan 31, 12:48 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Hertford and 3 more | 33 hr |
| Jan 31, 1:45 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 32 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:23 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 56 hr |
| Feb 7, 2:09 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Greene, Hyde and 5 more | 32 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Alleghany County2
- Ashe County2
- Watauga County2
- Avery County2
- Haywood County2
- Jackson County2
- Madison County2
- Mitchell County2
- Swain County2
- Yancey County2
- Beaufort County2
- Carteret County2
- Craven County2
- Dare County2
- Greene County2
- Hyde County2
- Martin County2
- Pamlico County2
- Pitt County2
- Tyrrell County2
- Washington County2
- Camden County2
- Currituck County2
- Pasquotank County2
- Perquimans County2
- Alexander County1
- Buncombe County1
- Burke County1
- Cabarrus County1
- Caldwell County1
- Catawba County1
- Cleveland County1
- Davie County1
- Gaston County1
- Graham County1
- Henderson County1
- Iredell County1
- Lincoln County1
- McDowell County1
- Macon County1
55 more counties
- Mecklenburg County1
- Polk County1
- Rowan County1
- Rutherford County1
- Transylvania County1
- Union County1
- Bladen County1
- Brunswick County1
- Columbus County1
- New Hanover County1
- Pender County1
- Robeson County1
- Surry County1
- Wilkes County1
- Yadkin County1
- Duplin County1
- Jones County1
- Lenoir County1
- Onslow County1
- Bertie County1
- Chowan County1
- Gates County1
- Hertford County1
- Northampton County1
- Alamance County1
- Anson County1
- Chatham County1
- Cumberland County1
- Davidson County1
- Durham County1
- Edgecombe County1
- Forsyth County1
- Franklin County1
- Granville County1
- Guilford County1
- Halifax County1
- Harnett County1
- Hoke County1
- Johnston County1
- Lee County1
- Montgomery County1
- Moore County1
- Nash County1
- Orange County1
- Person County1
- Randolph County1
- Richmond County1
- Sampson County1
- Scotland County1
- Stanly County1
- Vance County1
- Wake County1
- Warren County1
- Wayne County1
- Wilson County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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.