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Cold Weather Advisories in Virginia, 2026
36 cold weather advisories 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 cold weather advisories reaches back to 2005.
Cold Weather Advisories by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Cold Weather Advisories
- 36
- Busiest month
- January26 cold weather advisories
- Busiest day
- January 26, 20264 cold weather advisories
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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 14, 12:09 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | RNK | Grayson | 55 hr |
| Jan 14, 1:12 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | LWX | Highland | 54 hr |
| Jan 18, 1:22 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Greene, Highland, Madison and 6 more | 48 hr |
| Jan 19, 2:27 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Craig, Giles, Grayson and 4 more | 34 hr |
| Jan 22, 12:49 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 30 more | 47 hr |
| Jan 22, 1:36 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | AKQ | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 43 more | 46 hr |
| Jan 24, 11:49 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 34 hr |
| Jan 25, 12:01 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 48 hr |
| Jan 25, 11:13 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 19 more | 4 days |
| Jan 26, 12:22 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Bland, Buckingham, Campbell and 19 more | 36 hr |
| Jan 26, 12:26 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 36 hr |
| Jan 26, 1:40 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | AKQ | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 43 more | 32 hr |
| Jan 27, 12:01 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 30 more | 35 hr |
| Jan 27, 1:58 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, City of Covington | 33 hr |
| Jan 27, 1:33 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | AKQ | Accomack, Caroline, Essex, Fluvanna, Gloucester, Goochland and 18 more | 20 hr |
| Jan 27, 11:39 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 29 more | 59 hr |
| Jan 28, 1:24 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Giles, Grayson, Smyth and 2 more | 34 hr |
| Jan 28, 12:57 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | AKQ | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 43 more | 21 hr |
| Jan 28, 11:08 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Fairfax, Fauquier and 15 more | 36 hr |
| Jan 29, 1:00 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 71 hr |
| Jan 29, 1:13 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | AKQ | Accomack | 21 hr |
| Jan 30, 12:35 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Culpeper, Fairfax and 22 more | 33 hr |
| Jan 30, 2:16 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | AKQ | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 43 more | 47 hr |
| Jan 31, 12:10 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 35 hr |
| Jan 31, 1:12 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 25 more | 34 hr |
| Jan 31, 2:12 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | RNK | Appomattox, Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte, Halifax, Henry and 4 more | 32 hr |
| Feb 1, 12:43 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | AKQ | Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 28 more | 9 hr |
| Feb 1, 1:35 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Carroll, Craig, Floyd and 10 more | 31 hr |
| Feb 1, 12:05 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Fairfax, Fauquier and 19 more | 22 hr |
| Feb 1, 12:48 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | AKQ | Accomack, Gloucester, James City, Mathews, Northampton, Southampton and 9 more | 21 hr |
| Feb 2, 12:39 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 6, 1:20 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt, Carroll and 20 more | 54 hr |
| Feb 6, 1:55 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 25 more | 56 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:23 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | AKQ | Accomack, Amelia, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield, Cumberland and 39 more | 3 days |
| Feb 6, 12:34 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | MRX | Russell, Washington, City of Bristol | 21 hr |
| Feb 8, 12:55 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, City of Alexandria and 4 more | 21 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Greene County10
- Madison County10
- Page County10
- Rappahannock County10
- Warren County10
- Arlington County10
- Fairfax County10
- Fauquier County10
- Loudoun County10
- Prince William County10
- City of Alexandria10
- City of Fairfax10
- City of Falls Church10
- City of Manassas10
- City of Manassas Park10
- Amherst County9
- Nelson County9
- Rockingham County9
- Rockbridge County8
- Accomack County8
- Highland County7
- Albemarle County7
- Augusta County7
- Culpeper County7
- King George County7
- Orange County7
- Spotsylvania County7
- Stafford County7
- City of Fredericksburg7
- Caroline County7
- Essex County7
- Fluvanna County7
- Gloucester County7
- Goochland County7
- Hanover County7
- James City County7
- King and Queen County7
- King William County7
- Lancaster County7
- Louisa County7
89 more counties
- Mathews County7
- Middlesex County7
- New Kent County7
- Northampton County7
- Northumberland County7
- Richmond County7
- Westmoreland County7
- York County7
- City of Hampton7
- City of Newport News7
- City of Poquoson7
- City of Williamsburg7
- Clarke County6
- Frederick County6
- Shenandoah County6
- City of Harrisonburg6
- City of Staunton6
- City of Waynesboro6
- City of Winchester6
- Amelia County6
- Charles City County6
- Chesterfield County6
- Cumberland County6
- Dinwiddie County6
- Greensville County6
- Henrico County6
- Nottoway County6
- Powhatan County6
- Prince George County6
- Southampton County6
- Surry County6
- Sussex County6
- City of Chesapeake6
- City of Colonial Heights6
- City of Emporia6
- City of Franklin6
- City of Hopewell6
- City of Petersburg6
- City of Richmond6
- City of Virginia Beach6
- Grayson County5
- Alleghany County5
- Bland County5
- Giles County5
- Smyth County5
- Tazewell County5
- City of Covington5
- Brunswick County5
- Lunenburg County5
- Mecklenburg County5
- Prince Edward County5
- Russell County5
- Washington County5
- City of Bristol5
- Bath County4
- Wythe County4
- City of Charlottesville4
- Lee County4
- Scott County4
- Wise County4
- City of Norton4
- Craig County3
- Carroll County3
- Floyd County3
- Montgomery County3
- Pulaski County3
- City of Galax3
- City of Radford3
- Appomattox County2
- Bedford County2
- Buckingham County2
- Campbell County2
- Charlotte County2
- Franklin County2
- Halifax County2
- Henry County2
- Patrick County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- City of Danville2
- City of Lynchburg2
- City of Martinsville2
- Buchanan County2
- Dickenson County2
- Botetourt County1
- Roanoke County1
- City of Buena Vista1
- City of Lexington1
- City of Roanoke1
- City of Salem1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.