Maryland, 2025

Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Maryland, January 19 to 20, 2025

January 19 to 20, 2025 · NWS LWX · 14 events in 14 counties and zones

An area of low pressure moved across southern Virginia bringing a period of snow during the daylight hours of January 19. Upslope snow showers continued overnight across western Maryland.

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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  • Cold
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The toll

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS LWX wrote it up.

An area of low pressure moved across southern Virginia bringing a period of snow during the daylight hours of January 19. Upslope snow showers continued overnight across western Maryland. Rain and sleet mixed in initially at the onset of precipitation. Snowfall accumulations averaged 4 to 7 inches across from eastern Allegany County to Frederick County. Lesser amounts of 2 to 5 inches were observed in the northwest District of Columbia suburbs to northeast Maryland. Amounts of 6 to 12 inches were observed in western Allegany County, with up to 18 inches reported in Garrett County. Winds gusted to 45 mph in western Maryland resulting in significant blowing and drifting snow.

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 Jan 18, 9:20 PM EST, 5 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 18, 9:20 PM EST, 5 hours 40 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

9 winter weather, 5 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Garrett

When
January 19, 3:00 AM EST to January 20, 9:00 AM EST
Where
Garrett forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter

Winter Storm, Extreme Western Allegany

When
January 19, 7:00 AM EST to January 20, 9:00 AM EST
Where
Extreme Western Allegany forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
39.622, -78.699 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Central and Eastern Allegany

When
January 19, 7:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
Where
Central and Eastern Allegany forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
39.622, -78.699 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Washington

When
January 19, 7:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
Where
Washington forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
39.604, -77.814 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Frederick

When
January 19, 7:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM 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, Cecil

When
January 19, 7:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM 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
January 19, 7:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM 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 Howard

When
January 19, 7:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM 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
January 19, 7:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM 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, Northwest Montgomery

When
January 19, 7:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM 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
January 19, 7:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
Where
Northwest Howard forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
39.251, -76.931 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Carroll

When
January 19, 7:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM 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, Northern Baltimore

When
January 19, 7:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM 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 Harford

When
January 19, 7:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
Where
Northwest Harford forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
39.536, -76.299 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Winter Storm
A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
Winter Weather
Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.

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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: 1223642, 1223643, 1223644, 1223645, 1223646, 1223670, 1223671, 1223672, 1223673, 1223674, 1223675, 1223676, 1223677, 1223678.