Washington, 2024Ice Storm and Heavy Snow in Washington, January 17 to 19, 2024
January 17 to 19, 2024 · NWS SEW · 14 events in 5 counties and zones
A Pacific frontal system moving in Western Washington encountered a cold air mass already in place. This created an overrunning event that led to wintry precipitation across interior portions of the area from Whatcom County southward into King County.
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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.
A Pacific frontal system moving in Western Washington encountered a cold air mass already in place. This created an overrunning event that led to wintry precipitation across interior portions of the area from Whatcom County southward into King County.
Heavy Snow, Western Whatcom County
- When
- January 17, 12:00 AM PST to January 18, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- Western Whatcom County forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
Snowfall of 4.2 inches reported at Glacier. Observer near Ferndale reported snowfall total of 4.7 inches. Observer near Blaine reported snowfall total of 4.5 inches. Member of the public reported 4 inches of snowfall at Ferndale. Observer reported 7 inches of snowfall at Newhalem. Member of the public reported 9 inches of snowfall at Blaine. Member of public reported 8 and a half inches of snowfall 5 miles east of Birch Bay.
Ice Storm, Everett and Vicinity
- When
- January 17, 12:00 AM PST to January 18, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- Everett and Vicinity forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
Observing system at Paine Field airport reported freezing rain ice accretion of 0.13 inches.
Ice Storm, Seattle and Vicinity
- When
- January 17, 12:00 AM PST to January 18, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- Seattle and Vicinity forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
Observing system at Renton airport reported freezing rain ice accretion of 0.13 inches.
Heavy Snow, Western Whatcom County
- When
- January 17, 12:00 AM PST to January 18, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- Western Whatcom County forecast zone
- Reported by
- CoCoRaHS
Observer near Ferndale reported snowfall total of 4.7 inches.
Heavy Snow, Western Whatcom County
- When
- January 17, 12:00 AM PST to January 18, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- Western Whatcom County forecast zone
- Reported by
- CoCoRaHS
Observer near Blaine reported snowfall total of 4.5 inches.
Heavy Snow, Admiralty Inlet Area
- When
- January 17, 12:00 AM PST to January 18, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- Admiralty Inlet Area forecast zone
- Reported by
- Social Media
Member of public reported 4.9 inches of snowfall at Glacier.
Heavy Snow, Western Whatcom County
- When
- January 17, 12:00 AM PST to January 18, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- Western Whatcom County forecast zone
- Reported by
- Social Media
Member of the public reported 4 inches of snowfall at Ferndale.
Heavy Snow, Western Whatcom County
- When
- January 17, 12:00 AM PST to January 18, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- Western Whatcom County forecast zone
- Reported by
- CoCoRaHS
Observer reported 7 inches of snowfall at Newhalem.
Heavy Snow, Western Whatcom County
- When
- January 17, 12:00 AM PST to January 18, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- Western Whatcom County forecast zone
- Reported by
- Social Media
Member of the public reported 9 inches of snowfall at Blaine.
Heavy Snow, Western Whatcom County
- When
- January 17, 12:00 AM PST to January 18, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- Western Whatcom County forecast zone
- Reported by
- Social Media
Member of public reported 8 and a half inches of snowfall 5 miles east of Birch Bay.
Ice Storm, East Puget Sound Lowlands
- When
- January 17, 12:00 AM PST to January 18, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- East Puget Sound Lowlands forecast zone
- Reported by
- Social Media
Member of the public reported a quarter of an inch of ice accretion on trees and other surfaces in North Bend. Trained spotter report a half inch of ice accretion 1 miles east of Monroe. Trained spotted reported 1.13 inches of ice accretion on signs and trees 2 miles north northwest of Duvall.
Ice Storm, East Puget Sound Lowlands
- When
- January 18, 12:00 AM PST to January 19, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- East Puget Sound Lowlands forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
Trained spotter report a half inch of ice accretion 1 miles east of Monroe.
Ice Storm, Western Whatcom County
- When
- January 18, 12:00 AM PST to January 19, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- Western Whatcom County forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
Trained spotter reported 0.10 inches of ice accretion 2 miles east northeast of Bellingham.
Ice Storm, East Puget Sound Lowlands
- When
- January 18, 12:00 AM PST to January 19, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- East Puget Sound Lowlands forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
Trained spotted reported 1.13 inches of ice accretion on signs and trees 2 miles north northwest of Duvall.
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
- Ice Storm
- Freezing rain accumulating a quarter inch or more of ice, or less where it caused significant damage.
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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: 1160346, 1160349, 1160352, 1160353, 1160354, 1160355, 1160356, 1160357, 1160358, 1160359, 1160370, 1160363, 1160365, 1160369.