Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Maryland, February 24 to 25, 2022

Name: Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Maryland, February 24 to 25, 2022
Start: 2022-02-24T08:00
End: 2022-02-25T07:00
Location: Maryland

February 24 to 25, 2022 · NWS LWX · 14 events in 14 counties and zones

A wave of low pressure passed by to the west high high pressure remained to the north. Warm and moist air overran the low-level cold air, resulting in a wintry mix.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 13 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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Winter weather
Heat and drought
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Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $10,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 14

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.

A wave of low pressure passed by to the west high high pressure remained to the north. Warm and moist air overran the low-level cold air, resulting in a wintry mix. Snow and sleet amounts were light. Freezing rain ranged from a light glaze on elevated surfaces around the Baltimore Metropolitan area, to around one to two tenths of an inch in northern Maryland as well as the northern suburbs of Washington DC, to around a quarter inch in portions of Garrett and western Allegany Counties.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 23, 3:19 PM EST, 16 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 3:19 PM EST, 16 hours 41 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

12 winter weather, 2 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Frederick

When: February 24, 8:00 AM EST to February 25, 7:00 AM EST
Where: Frederick forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.472, -77.398 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Carroll

When: February 24, 8:00 AM EST to February 25, 7:00 AM EST
Where: Carroll forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.563, -77.022 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Northwest Harford

When: February 24, 8:00 AM EST to February 25, 7:00 AM EST
Where: Northwest Harford forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.536, -76.299 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Northern Baltimore

When: February 24, 8:00 AM EST to February 25, 7:00 AM EST
Where: Northern Baltimore forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.443, -76.616 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Northwest Montgomery

When: February 24, 8:00 AM EST to February 25, 7:00 AM EST
Where: Northwest Montgomery forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.136, -77.204 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Northwest Howard

When: February 24, 8:00 AM EST to February 25, 7:00 AM EST
Where: Northwest Howard forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.251, -76.931 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Ice Storm, Garrett

When: February 24, 8:00 AM EST to February 25, 7:00 AM EST
Where: Garrett forecast zone
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: Trained Spotter

A few trees were down due to ice.

Ice Storm, Extreme Western Allegany

When: February 24, 8:00 AM EST to February 25, 7:00 AM EST
Where: Extreme Western Allegany forecast zone
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.622, -78.699 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A few trees were down due to ice.

Winter Weather, Cecil

When: February 24, 6:00 PM EST to February 25, 7:00 AM EST
Where: Cecil forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.562, -75.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Southern Baltimore

When: February 24, 6:00 PM EST to February 25, 7:00 AM EST
Where: Southern Baltimore forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.367, -76.614 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Central and Southeast Montgomery

When: February 24, 6:00 PM EST to February 25, 7:00 AM EST
Where: Central and Southeast Montgomery forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.136, -77.204 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Central and Southeast Howard

When: February 24, 6:00 PM EST to February 25, 7:00 AM EST
Where: Central and Southeast Howard forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.251, -76.931 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Southeast Harford

When: February 24, 6:00 PM EST to February 25, 7:00 AM EST
Where: Southeast Harford forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 39.536, -76.299 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Anne Arundel

When: February 24, 6:00 PM EST to February 25, 7:00 AM EST
Where: Anne Arundel forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.994, -76.568 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Winter Weather: Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
Ice Storm: Freezing rain accumulating a quarter inch or more of ice, or less where it caused significant damage.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Maryland in 2022 Every state in 2022 This day in weather history Warnings in Maryland, February 2022

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: 999414, 999415, 999416, 999417, 999420, 999423, 999427, 999429, 999418, 999419, 999421, 999422, 999424, 999425.