Winter Weather in Ohio, January 19 to 20, 2025

Name: Winter Weather in Ohio, January 19 to 20, 2025
Start: 2025-01-19T04:30
End: 2025-01-20T01:47
Location: Ohio

January 19 to 20, 2025 · NWS RLX · 8 events in 8 counties and zones

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 8 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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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 8

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.

In southeast Ohio, showers began to spread northeastward across the area on the morning of January 19th, with some locations experiencing a period of rain before lowering surface temperatures prompted a transition to all snow. Precipitation was initially light, but then became moderate to heavy as a snow band developed over southeast Ohio, northeast Kentucky, and western West Virginia on the morning of the 19th. This band progressed east across the area during the day, reaching the mountains late in the morning and then exiting by mid afternoon. Behind this band, snow showers continued across the area through the remainder of the day. Snow tapered off from west to east overnight, leaving only light upslope showers over the mountains. Snow accumulations for southeast Ohio ranged from less than an inch to two and a half inches, with highest amounts occurring near the Ohio River.

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 Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 18, 6:33 PM EST, 9 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 18, 6:33 PM EST, 9 hours 57 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

8 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Gallia

When: January 19, 4:30 AM EST to January 20, 1:47 AM EST
Where: Gallia forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 38.825, -82.317 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Jackson

When: January 19, 4:30 AM EST to January 20, 1:47 AM EST
Where: Jackson forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 39.020, -82.618 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Vinton

When: January 19, 4:30 AM EST to January 20, 1:47 AM EST
Where: Vinton forecast zone
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 39.251, -82.485 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Meigs

When: January 19, 4:45 AM EST to January 20, 1:47 AM EST
Where: Meigs forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 39.082, -82.023 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Lawrence

When: January 19, 5:00 AM EST to January 20, 1:47 AM EST
Where: Lawrence forecast zone
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 38.599, -82.537 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Athens

When: January 19, 5:10 AM EST to January 20, 1:47 AM EST
Where: Athens forecast zone
Reported by: CoCoRaHS
Coordinates: 39.334, -82.045 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Washington

When: January 19, 5:40 AM EST to January 20, 1:47 AM EST
Where: Washington forecast zone
Reported by: CoCoRaHS
Coordinates: 39.455, -81.495 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Morgan

When: January 19, 8:00 AM EST to January 20, 1:47 AM EST
Where: Morgan forecast zone
Reported by: CoCoRaHS
Coordinates: 39.620, -81.853 (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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Ohio in 2025 Every state in 2025 This day in weather history Warnings in Ohio, January 2025

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: 1225964, 1225965, 1225969, 1225967, 1225966, 1225963, 1225970, 1225968.