Extreme Cold Warnings in Virginia
12 extreme cold warnings since 1986. 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 since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Extreme Cold Warnings
- 12
- Busiest year
- 20269 extreme cold warnings
- Average year
- 6over 2 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Rockbridge County6
- Amherst County5
- Highland County5
- Albemarle County4
- Augusta County4
- Bath County4
- Greene County4
- Madison County4
- Nelson County4
- Page County4
- Rappahannock County4
- Rockingham County4
- Warren County4
- Bland County3
- Giles County3
- Grayson County3
- Smyth County3
- Tazewell County3
- Wythe County3
- City of Harrisonburg3
- City of Staunton3
- City of Waynesboro3
- Accomack County2
- Alleghany County2
- Botetourt County2
- Carroll County2
- Craig County2
- Floyd County2
- Gloucester County2
- James City County2
- Mathews County2
- Montgomery County2
- Northampton County2
- Pulaski County2
- Roanoke County2
- Surry County2
- York County2
- City of Buena Vista2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Covington2
37 more counties
- City of Galax2
- City of Hampton2
- City of Lexington2
- City of Newport News2
- City of Poquoson2
- City of Radford2
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Salem2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- City of Williamsburg2
- Lee County1
- Russell County1
- Scott County1
- Washington County1
- Wise County1
- City of Bristol1
- City of Norton1
- Arlington County1
- Bedford County1
- Clarke County1
- Fairfax County1
- Fauquier County1
- Franklin County1
- Frederick County1
- Loudoun County1
- Patrick County1
- Prince William County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Southampton County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Charlottesville1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Falls Church1
- City of Franklin1
- City of Manassas1
- City of Manassas Park1
- City of Winchester1
The latest extreme cold warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 2:23 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Gloucester, James City, Mathews, Northampton, Surry and 7 more | 56 hr |
| Feb 5, 1:07 PM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Fairfax and 23 more | 69 hr |
| Feb 5, 12:41 PM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | RNK | Bath | 66 hr |
| Jan 31, 1:12 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Greene, Highland, Madison and 9 more | 35 hr |
| Jan 31, 12:48 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Gloucester, James City, Mathews, Northampton, Southampton and 9 more | 33 hr |
| Jan 30, 2:30 PM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Amherst, Bath, Bedford, Bland, Botetourt and 21 more | 47 hr |
| Jan 26, 12:22 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Carroll, Craig and 17 more | 36 hr |
| Jan 25, 11:13 PM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Greene, Highland, Madison and 10 more | 3 days |
| Jan 19, 1:42 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | LWX | Highland | 35 hr |
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. Rebuilt daily.