Cold/Wind Chill, Randolph
- When
- January 16, 1:00 AM EST to January 17, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Randolph forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
Cold in West Virginia, January 16 to 17, 2009
Arctic air poured into West Virginia on the 15th. By dawn on the 16th the coldest temperatures were across the highest elevations.
Where it happened
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- Fire, smoke and dust
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 RLX wrote it up.
Arctic air poured into West Virginia on the 15th. By dawn on the 16th the coldest temperatures were across the highest elevations. Snowshoe dropped to 17 degrees below zero during the morning of the 16th. For dawn on Saturday the 17th, a clear sky, calm winds, and a snow cover, allowed temperatures to drop even colder in the sheltered valleys. Glady was 25 degrees below zero. This was the coldest temperature in the state since February 1996. Some other minimum temperatures on the 17th included minus 18 at the Elkins airport, minus 17 at Bartow, minus 16 at Belington, and minus 14 at Valley Head.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Pocahontas
- When
- January 16, 1:00 AM EST to January 17, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Pocahontas forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
Cold/Wind Chill, Barbour
- When
- January 16, 1:00 AM EST to January 17, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Barbour forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 39.133, -80.003 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Cold/Wind Chill
- Cold or wind chill below warning criteria that caused deaths, injuries or damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Extreme Cold in Iowa, January 16, 2009
- Winter Weather in North Dakota, January 16 to 18, 2009
- Cold in New Jersey, January 16 to 18, 2009
- Extreme Cold and Cold in New York, January 16, 2009
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Alaska, January 16 to 18, 2009
- Cold in Pennsylvania, January 16 to 18, 2009
- Cold in Alabama, January 16 to 17, 2009
- Cold in New York, January 16 to 17, 2009
- Extreme Cold in Ohio, January 16 to 17, 2009
- Cold in Maryland, January 16 to 18, 2009
- Extreme Cold in Pennsylvania, January 16 to 17, 2009
- Extreme Cold in West Virginia, January 16 to 17, 2009
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, January 2009
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 146263, 146264, 146267.