Winter Weather, Frederick / Winchester
- When
- January 22, 10:00 PM EST to January 23, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Frederick / Winchester forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.195, -78.213 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather in Virginia, January 22 to 23, 1998
, combined with weak polar high pressure moving east of New England, produced a small area of light snow and sleet which changed to freezing rain late at night. Accumulations of snow ranged from 1 to 2 inches across the county, with some icing on top of that.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS LWX wrote it up.
Low pressure over the southeastern U.S., combined with weak polar high pressure moving east of New England, produced a small area of light snow and sleet which changed to freezing rain late at night. Accumulations of snow ranged from 1 to 2 inches across the county, with some icing on top of that. Minor road problems were noted. Precipitation changed to a cold rain around dawn on the 23rd.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Winter Weather
- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood and Hail in Mississippi, January 22, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, January 22, 1998
- Winter Storm in Michigan, January 22 to 23, 1998
- Ice Storm in Pennsylvania, January 22, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, January 22, 1998
- Tornado in Georgia, January 22 to 30, 1998
- Winter Storm in Illinois, January 22, 1998
- Winter Storm in Missouri, January 22, 1998
- Winter Weather in Illinois, January 22, 1998
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 22 to 23, 1998
- Winter Weather in Missouri, January 22, 1998
- Flooding in North Carolina, January 22 to 30, 1998
More
Every storm in Virginia in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, January 1998
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5627874.