Alert archive / Virginia / Extreme Cold Warnings / 2026
Extreme Cold Warnings in Virginia, February 2026
3 extreme cold warnings in February 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 February 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Extreme Cold Warnings
- 3
- Busiest day
- February 5, 20262 extreme cold warnings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 12:41 PM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | RNK | Bath | 66 hr |
| Feb 5, 1:07 PM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Fairfax and 23 more | 69 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:23 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Gloucester, James City, Mathews, Northampton, Surry and 7 more | 56 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Bath County1
- Albemarle County1
- Amherst County1
- Arlington County1
- Augusta County1
- Clarke County1
- Fairfax County1
- Fauquier County1
- Frederick County1
- Greene County1
- Highland County1
- Loudoun County1
- Madison County1
- Nelson County1
- Page County1
- Prince William County1
- Rappahannock County1
- Rockbridge County1
- Rockingham County1
- Shenandoah County1
- Warren County1
- City of Alexandria1
- City of Fairfax1
- City of Falls Church1
- City of Harrisonburg1
- City of Manassas1
- City of Manassas Park1
- City of Staunton1
- City of Waynesboro1
- City of Winchester1
- Accomack County1
- Gloucester County1
- James City County1
- Mathews County1
- Northampton County1
- Surry County1
- York County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Newport News1
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.