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Freeze Warnings in Virginia, 2025
16 freeze warnings in 2025. 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 freeze warnings reaches back to 2005.
Freeze Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Freeze Warnings
- 16
- Busiest month
- October9 freeze warnings
- Busiest day
- October 23, 20254 freeze 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 2:33 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Amelia, Brunswick, Caroline, Charles City, Chesterfield and 39 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:38 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 25 more | 29 hr |
| Apr 8, 9:04 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Botetourt, Buckingham, Campbell and 15 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:14 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah, City of Harrisonburg, City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro | 29 hr |
| Oct 9, 1:06 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, Highland, Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah and 5 more | 31 hr |
| Oct 16, 1:09 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Highland, Rockingham, Shenandoah, City of Harrisonburg, City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro | 32 hr |
| Oct 23, 1:31 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | Buchanan, Dickenson | 31 hr |
| Oct 23, 2:00 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Carroll, Craig, Floyd and 13 more | 31 hr |
| Oct 23, 2:04 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier, Frederick, Madison, Orange and 4 more | 31 hr |
| Oct 23, 2:00 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | AKQ | Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa | 19 hr |
| Oct 24, 12:19 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | LWX | Loudoun, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg, City of Manassas and 1 more | 21 hr |
| Oct 24, 12:51 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RNK | Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Botetourt, Buckingham, Campbell and 4 more | 20 hr |
| Oct 24, 1:59 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Caroline, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Goochland and 5 more | 19 hr |
| Nov 7, 12:10 AM EST | Freeze Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, Prince William, Stafford, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Nov 9, 2:21 PM EST | Freeze Warning | LWX | King George | 43 hr |
| Nov 9, 2:25 PM EST | Freeze Warning | AKQ | Accomack, Brunswick, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Essex and 33 more | 43 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Page County4
- Rockingham County4
- Shenandoah County4
- City of Harrisonburg4
- City of Staunton4
- City of Waynesboro4
- Chesterfield County3
- Dinwiddie County3
- Goochland County3
- Hanover County3
- Clarke County3
- Frederick County3
- Prince William County3
- Stafford County3
- Warren County3
- City of Manassas3
- City of Manassas Park3
- City of Winchester3
- Accomack County2
- Amelia County2
- Brunswick County2
- Caroline County2
- Charles City County2
- Cumberland County2
- Essex County2
- Fluvanna County2
- Gloucester County2
- Greensville County2
- Henrico County2
- James City County2
- King and Queen County2
- King William County2
- Lancaster County2
- Louisa County2
- Lunenburg County2
- Mathews County2
- Mecklenburg County2
- Middlesex County2
- New Kent County2
- Northumberland County2
80 more counties
- Nottoway County2
- Powhatan County2
- Prince Edward County2
- Prince George County2
- Richmond County2
- Southampton County2
- Surry County2
- Sussex County2
- Westmoreland County2
- York County2
- City of Chesapeake2
- City of Colonial Heights2
- City of Emporia2
- City of Franklin2
- City of Hopewell2
- City of Petersburg2
- City of Poquoson2
- City of Richmond2
- City of Williamsburg2
- Arlington County2
- Culpeper County2
- Fairfax County2
- Fauquier County2
- King George County2
- Loudoun County2
- Madison County2
- Orange County2
- Rappahannock County2
- Spotsylvania County2
- City of Alexandria2
- City of Fairfax2
- City of Falls Church2
- City of Fredericksburg2
- Amherst County2
- Appomattox County2
- Bedford County2
- Botetourt County2
- Buckingham County2
- Campbell County2
- Roanoke County2
- Rockbridge County2
- City of Buena Vista2
- City of Lexington2
- City of Lynchburg2
- City of Roanoke2
- City of Salem2
- Highland County2
- Greene County1
- Nelson County1
- City of Charlottesville1
- Charlotte County1
- Franklin County1
- Halifax County1
- Henry County1
- Patrick County1
- Pittsylvania County1
- City of Danville1
- City of Martinsville1
- Buchanan County1
- Dickenson County1
- Alleghany County1
- Bath County1
- Bland County1
- Carroll County1
- Craig County1
- Floyd County1
- Giles County1
- Grayson County1
- Montgomery County1
- Pulaski County1
- Smyth County1
- Tazewell County1
- Wythe County1
- City of Covington1
- City of Galax1
- City of Radford1
- Northampton County1
- City of Hampton1
- City of Newport News1
- City of Virginia Beach1
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.