The snowstorm of January 25 to 27, 2013

The Regional Snowfall Index is NOAA’s ranking of snowstorms east of the Rockies by how much snow fell, over how wide an area and on how many people, region by region: the area and the population above four snowfall thresholds set for each region, weighted against that region’s own history. A storm is scored in each region it reached, on a scale from 1, notable, to 5, extreme.

Events

703

Deaths

6

Injuries

498

Damage

$1.1 million

Episodes

90

Every winter weather episode the Weather Service filed east of the Rockies in these dates. A few may belong to another system on the same days. 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.

• Lake-Effect Snow in Indiana, January 23 to 24, 20131 eventAn intense lake effect snow band dropped a quick 4 to 8 inches of heavy snow across northwest Indiana.
• Winter Weather in Virginia, January 23 to 24, 201316 eventsA positively tilted trough of low pressure moved through the Mid Atlantic while a weak clipper system moved through Central Virginia. Cold temperatures and banding produced advisory level snowfall accumulations.
• Winter Weather in Maryland, January 23 to 24, 201312 eventsA positively tilted trough of low pressure moved through the Mid Atlantic while a weak clipper system moved through Central Virginia. Cold temperatures and banding produced advisory level snowfall accumulations.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 23 to 24, 20132 eventsA positively tilted trough of low pressure moved through the Mid Atlantic while a weak clipper system moved through Central Virginia. Cold temperatures and banding produced advisory level snowfall accumulations.
• Lake-Effect Snow in Indiana, January 23 to 24, 20132 eventsLake effect snow developed during the overnight hours of January 23rd lasting into the morning hours of the 24th. Just over six inches of snow fell in portions of Lake and Porter counties.
• Heavy Snow and High Wind in Montana, January 23 to 25, 201376 kt wind · 12 eventsStrong winds developed over portions of North Central and Central Montana and persisted from 22 Jan 13 until 25 Jan 13.
• Heavy Snow in Montana, January 23 to 24, 20131 eventA lone report of heavy snow was reported at East Glacier Park.
• Winter Weather in Delaware, January 24, 20133 injured · 2 eventsLight snow that fell during the early morning of the 24th resulted in snow covered roads and accidents, mainly in Sussex County. Accumulations were 1 to 2 inches in Sussex County and less than half an inch in Kent and New Castle Counties.
• Winter Weather in Virginia, January 24, 201313 eventsLow pressure moving off the Mid Atlantic Coast produced between one and five inches of snow across portions of central and eastern Virginia Thursday morning, January 24th.
• Winter Weather in Maryland, January 24, 20135 eventsLow pressure moving off the Mid Atlantic Coast produced between one and six inches of snow across the Lower Maryland Eastern Shore Thursday morning, January 24th.
• Winter Weather in District of Columbia, January 24, 20131 eventA positively tilted trough of low pressure moved through the Mid Atlantic while a weak clipper system moved through Central Virginia. Cold temperatures and banding produced advisory level snowfall accumulations.
• Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 24, 20132 eventsLake effect snow developed over Lake Huron early on January 24th, bringing up to 8 inches of heavy snow to the eastern Thumb region during the morning hours. Further inland snowfall amounts were much lighter but still amounted to 1 to 3 inches along the Interstate 69 corridor.
• Ice Storm in Utah, January 24, 20131 death · 473 injured · 3 eventsA rare freezing rain event occurred in Utah on January 24. Very cold air was trapped in valley locations due to a persistent inversion; when a weather disturbance brought precipitation to the area, and the system was too weak to break the inversion, freezing rain occurred at the…
• Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 24 to 26, 20133 eventsMoisture from a low pressure system in the Gulf of Alaska produced heavy snow for eastern and southern interior from the evening of the 23rd through the 25th. Over one foot of snow fell along the Richardson Highway from the 24th through the 25th.
• Cold in Alaska, January 24, 20131 eventCold temperatures coupled with 20 kt (25 mph) winds produced wind chills as low as 63 below on the 24th, as reported at the Deadhorse ASOS.
• Heavy Snow in Minnesota, January 24 to 25, 20131 eventA low pressure area brought a bit of snow to the area. Most snow amounts were an inch or so along the northshore of Lake Superior. Grand Marais had the most at 6.1 inches.
• Lake-Effect Snow and Winter Weather in Michigan, January 24 to 25, 20135 eventsA clipper system moving through the area brought moderate to heavy snow to portions of south central and eastern Upper Michigan on the 25th. The heaviest snow was over Luce and Schoolcraft counties where lake enhancement off Lake Michigan boosted snow totals.
• Winter Weather in Tennessee, January 25, 2013$305,000 · 19 eventsAs a surface trough developed across Middle Tennessee during the morning hours on Friday, January 25th, it became a focusing mechanism for feezing rain development.
• Winter Weather in Kentucky, January 25, 20133 injured · 22 eventsAreas of freezing rain created hazardous travel conditions. The highest accumulations of freezing rain were in the Pennyrile region of western Kentucky. Slightly less than one-quarter inch of ice was reported in Todd County.
• Winter Weather in Illinois, January 25, 201311 eventsPatchy freezing rain created locally hazardous travel conditions. In the Mount Carmel area, some cars slid off roads into ditches. Schools were closed in Pope County. The patchy freezing rain occurred north of a warm front as it moved north across Tennessee.
• Winter Weather in Indiana, January 25, 20136 eventsPatchy freezing rain created locally hazardous travel conditions. A bus carrying members of a women's track team overturned on I-69 in Pike County, Indiana. The crash was said to be caused by ice on the road.
• Lake-Effect Snow in Michigan, January 25, 20131 eventVery cold air was in place over the region, in advance of a clipper moving southeast from central Canada. The clipper was moisture-starved, and would only produce very light snow away from the Great Lakes.
• Extreme Cold in Alaska, January 25 to 27, 20131 eventStrong north winds 20 to 30 mph coupled with temperatures 35 to 40 below F produced wind chill to 78 below from Jan 25th to Jan 27th at the Atigun Pass SNOTEL platform.
• Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Kentucky, January 25, 2013$140,000 · 5 eventsDuring the early morning hours on January 25, a weak inverted trough associated with the southern branch of the jet stream moved across Tennessee.
• Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Kentucky, January 25, 201318 eventsLow pressure quickly developed and moved across southern Kentucky during the morning hours of January 25th, sending a wintry mix into southern Kentucky.
• Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 25, 201327 eventsLight sleet developed across much of the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia during the morning. The intermittent sleet eventually changed to light freezing rain in most areas by late afternoon.
• Winter Weather in Ohio, January 25, 201322 eventsTwo fast moving systems combined over the region as a southern low pressure system was absorbed by a stronger low pressure system over the Great Lakes region. The lift between the two systems produced an average of 2 to 3 inches of snow between Dayton, Wapakoneta, and Columbus.
• Winter Weather in South Carolina, January 25, 201315 eventsLight sleet developed across much of the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia during the morning. The intermittent sleet eventually changed to light freezing rain in most areas by late afternoon.
• Winter Weather in Georgia, January 25, 20136 eventsLight sleet developed across much of the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia during the morning. The intermittent sleet eventually changed to light freezing rain in most areas by late afternoon.
• Winter Weather in Indiana, January 25, 20132 eventsTwo fast moving systems combined over the region as a southern low pressure system was absorbed by a stronger low pressure system over the Great Lakes region. The lift between the two systems produced an average of 2 to 3 inches of snow over the northern Whitewater Valley.
• Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Georgia, January 25, 201318 eventsDuring the evening of January 24, a strong area of high pressure set up over the eastern Carolinas, ridging into north and central Georgia.
• Sleet in North Carolina, January 25, 20136 eventsSleet developed across the northern mountains and foothills during the morning, and continued off and on through the remainder of the day. Some snow mixed in early across the higher elevations. Numerous accidents were reported across the area.
• Winter Weather in Ohio, January 25, 20132 eventsAn upper air disturbance brought 2 to 3 inches of snow accumulation to Morgan and Perry Counties in less than 8 hours. Due to the cold temperatures, snow quickly covered roads. There were travel delays. County schools were dismissed early.
• Winter Weather in Ohio, January 25 to 26, 20131 eventA fast moving Albert Clipper type system moved across the Ohio Valley spreading light to moderate snow across eastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia, and Garrett county Maryland during the 25th.
• Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 25, 201316 eventsAn upper air disturbance, combined with warm air advection, to cause 2 to 3 inches of snow accumulation in less than 8 hours. Only an inch or two of snow fell further south and in the mountains.
• Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, January 25 to 26, 20131 eventA fast moving Albert Clipper type system moved across the Ohio Valley spreading light to moderate snow across eastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia, and Garrett county Maryland during the 25th.
• Winter Weather in Virginia, January 25, 201337 eventsLow pressure moving off the Mid Atlantic Coast produced between one and three inches of snow across portions of central and eastern Virginia Friday afternoon into Friday evening, January 25th.
• Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 25, 201310 eventsLow pressure moving off the Mid Atlantic Coast produced between one and three inches of snow across portions of northeast North Carolina Friday afternoon into Friday evening, January 25th.
• Winter Weather in Maryland, January 25, 20133 eventsLow pressure moving off the Mid Atlantic Coast produced between one and two inches of snow across portions of the Lower Maryland Eastern Shore Friday afternoon into Friday evening, January 25th.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Maryland, January 25 to 26, 201314 eventsAn Alberta clipper moved through the Mid Atlantic producing light snow for most of the region. Dry air at the surface limited snowfall amounts for most of the area.
• Winter Weather in Virginia, January 25 to 26, 201310 eventsAn Alberta clipper moved through the Mid Atlantic producing light snow for most of the region. Dry air at the surface limited snowfall amounts for most of the area.
• Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 25 to 26, 20137 eventsAn Alberta clipper moved through the Mid Atlantic producing light snow for most of the region. Dry air at the surface limited snowfall amounts for most of the area.
• Winter Weather in District of Columbia, January 25, 20131 eventAn Alberta clipper moved through the Mid Atlantic producing light snow for most of the region. Dry air at the surface limited snowfall amounts for most of the area.
• Winter Weather in Delaware, January 25, 20135 injured · 4 eventsA low pressure system that moved off the North Carolina coast during the evening of the 25th helped drop around one inch of snow across Delaware. The least snow fell in New Castle County while the most fell along coastal Sussex County.
• Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, January 25, 201313 eventsA low pressure system that moved off the North Carolina coast during the evening of the 25th helped drop 1 to 3 inches of snow across Eastern Pennsylvania.
• Winter Weather in New Jersey, January 25, 201319 eventsA low pressure system that moved off the North Carolina coast during the evening of the 25th helped drop 1 to 2.5 inches of snow across the central and southern part of New Jersey and around one inch or less than an inch in the Raritan and Passaic Basins in the northwest part of…
• Winter Weather in Maryland, January 25, 20135 eventsA low pressure system that moved off the North Carolina coast during the evening of the 25th helped drop around one inch of snow across the Eastern Shore.
• Winter Weather in Maryland, January 25 to 26, 20131 eventA fast moving Albert Clipper type system moved across the Ohio Valley spreading light to moderate snow across eastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia, and Garrett county Maryland during the 25th.
• Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 25 to 26, 20131 eventA fast moving Albert Clipper type system moved across the Ohio Valley spreading light to moderate snow across eastern Ohio, western Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia, and Garrett county Maryland during the 25th.
• Heavy Snow and High Wind in Montana, January 26 to 29, 20137 eventsHeavy snow fell over portions of Central Montana.
• Winter Storm in Utah, January 27 to 29, 20131 death · 1 injured · 6 eventsA cold front moved into northern Utah on January 27, bringing additional snow to the area, and finally breaking the long-lasting valley inversions. The heaviest snow occurred along the cold front on the 27th, with showers lingering on the 28th, and eventually ending on the 29th.
• Ice Storm in Iowa, January 27, 2013$550,000 · 14 eventsA cold airmass was in place over Iowa as arctic high pressure slipped east of the state during the early morning hours of the 27th.
• Winter Weather in Iowa, January 27, 201321 eventsLow clouds and a mix of freezing rain, sleet, and rain were found across southeast and east central Iowa, northeast Missouri and west central and northwest Illinois on Sunday, January 27th as a storm system lifted northeast into the plains.
• Winter Weather in Iowa, January 27, 20138 eventsFreezing rain caused icy roads and other surfaces in much of northwest Iowa during the morning of January 27th.
• Winter Weather in Missouri, January 27, 20132 eventsLow clouds and a mix of freezing rain, sleet, and rain were found across southeast and east central Iowa, northeast Missouri and west central and northwest Illinois on Sunday, January 27th as a storm system lifted northeast into the plains.
• Winter Weather in Minnesota, January 27, 20131 death · 8 eventsFreezing rain caused icy roads and other surfaces across southwest Minnesota during the morning and early afternoon of January 27th. There was one indirect fatality resulting from an accident.
• Winter Storm in Iowa, January 27, 20138 eventsIce accumulations up to a quarter of an inch from freezing rain were reported across northeast Iowa from a winter storm that impacted the region on January 27th. The winter storm originated over South Dakota and then moved almost due east into Wisconsin.
• Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 27 to 28, 20131 eventHeavy snow was reported in the Caribou HIghlands and Upper Snake River Plain with 6 to 12 inches of snow common.
• Winter Storm in Minnesota, January 27, 201312 injured · $20,000 · 7 eventsIce accumulations up to a quarter of an inch from freezing rain were reported across southeast Minnesota from a winter storm that impacted the region on January 27th. The winter storm originated over South Dakota and then moved almost due east into Wisconsin.
• Winter Storm in Minnesota, January 27, 20132 eventsA large, but quickly moving area of precipitation in the form of freezing rain, sleet and snow, quickly moved from northern Iowa, into far southern Minnesota by 9 am Sunday morning, January 27th.
• Winter Storm in Wisconsin, January 27, 20138 eventsIce accumulations up to two tenths of an inch from freezing rain were reported across western Wisconsin from a winter storm that impacted the region on January 27th. The winter storm originated over South Dakota and then moved almost due east into Wisconsin.
• Blizzard in Alaska, January 27 to 29, 2013$75,000 · 4 eventsA 970 mb low pressure system moved from the North Pacific Ocean January 27th, progressed north toward the eastern Aleutians and eventually the Pribilof Islands late January 29th, spreading generally light to moderate snow.
• Winter Weather in Illinois, January 27, 20136 eventsLow clouds and a mix of freezing rain, sleet, and rain were found across southeast and east central Iowa, northeast Missouri and west central and northwest Illinois on Sunday, January 27th as a storm system lifted northeast into the plains.
• Winter Storm in Wisconsin, January 27, 20131 death · 1 injured · 6 eventsA large, but quickly moving area of precipitation in the form of freezing rain, sleet and snow, quickly moved from southeastern Minnesota, northeast across west central Wisconsin by noon.
• Winter Weather in Wisconsin, January 27 to 28, 201320 eventsSnow affecting Southern Wisconsin on January 27th became mixed with some freezing rain and sleet which resulted in hazardous driving conditions. There were brief heavy showers of sleet and bursts of snow with isolated elevated thunderstorms.
• Winter Storm in Wyoming, January 27 to 28, 20131 eventA broad weather disturbance that moved across Montana and Idaho brought snow and wind to portions of the Billings Forecast Area.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Michigan, January 27 to 28, 201313 eventsA low pressure system moving through the Lower Great Lakes produced moderate to heavy snow over portions of west and central Upper Michigan from the afternoon of the 27th into the morning of the 28th.
• Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Michigan, January 27 to 28, 20135 eventsLight freezing rain spread north into the region ahead of a warm front during the evening hours of January 27th. Ice accretions near a tenth of an inch were common.
• Heavy Snow in Washington, January 27 to 28, 20131 eventA Pacific frontal system brought heavy snow to the Cascades.
• Winter Weather in Indiana, January 27 to 28, 201317 eventsLight freezing rain spread north into the region ahead of a warm front during the evening hours of January 27th. Ice accretions near a tenth of an inch were common.
• Winter Weather in Ohio, January 27 to 28, 20138 eventsLight freezing rain spread north into the region ahead of a warm front during the evening hours of January 27th. Ice accretions near a tenth of an inch were common.
• Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 28, 20131 eventA warm front well in advance of low pressure across the Great Lakes produced a mix of winter precipitation across eastern Ohio, northern West Virginia, western Pennsylvania, and Garrett county Maryland.
• Ice Storm in Maryland, January 28, 20131 eventA warm front well in advance of low pressure across the Great Lakes produced a mix of winter precipitation across eastern Ohio, northern West Virginia, western Pennsylvania, and Garrett county Maryland.
• Winter Weather in Ohio, January 28, 20131 eventA warm front well in advance of low pressure across the Great Lakes produced a mix of winter precipitation across eastern Ohio, northern West Virginia, western Pennsylvania, and Garrett county Maryland.
• Winter Weather in Virginia, January 28, 201321 eventsHigh pressure was slow to move off the Atlantic Coast and sub freezing air was trapped on the leeward side of the Appalachian Mountains.
• Winter Weather in Maryland, January 28, 201315 eventsHigh pressure was slow to move off the Atlantic Coast and sub freezing air was trapped on the leeward side of the Appalachian Mountains.
• Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 28, 201311 eventsHigh pressure was slow to move off the Atlantic Coast and sub freezing air was trapped on the leeward side of the Appalachian Mountains.
• Ice Storm in Pennsylvania, January 28, 20134 eventsA warm front well in advance of low pressure across the Great Lakes produced a mix of winter precipitation across eastern Ohio, northern West Virginia, western Pennsylvania, and Garrett county Maryland.
• Winter Weather in District of Columbia, January 28, 20131 eventHigh pressure was slow to move off the Atlantic Coast and sub freezing air was trapped on the leeward side of the Appalachian Mountains.
• Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, January 28, 20132 deaths · 13 eventsA wintry mix of precipitation affected the Poconos throughout the day on the 28th and the rest of Eastern Pennsylvania into the early afternoon of the 28th.
• Winter Weather in Maryland, January 28, 20135 eventsA wintry mix of precipitation affected the Eastern Shore of Maryland during the early morning of the 28th before changing to all rain later that morning. The effects of the wintry mix increased farther north along the Eastern Shore.
• Winter Weather in Delaware, January 28, 20134 eventsA wintry mix of precipitation affected Delaware during the early morning of the 28th before changing to all rain later that morning. The effects of the wintry mix increased farther north in the state. All places away from the immediate coast had at least some freezing rain.
• Winter Weather in New Jersey, January 28, 20136 eventsA wintry mix of precipitation affected northwest New Jersey throughout the day on the 28th and west central New Jersey during the morning of the 28th.
• Heavy Snow in Oregon, January 28 to 29, 20133 eventsStrong onshore flow produced heavy snow across the Oregon Cascades.
• Heavy Snow in Washington, January 28 to 29, 20132 eventsStrong onshore flow produced heavy snow across the South Washington Cascades.
• Winter Storm in South Dakota, January 28 to 29, 201314 eventsA low pressure system moving slowly across the region produced a moderate to heavy band of snow across much of central and northeastern South Dakota. Snowfall rates were greater than one inch per hour in some locations.
• Heavy Snow in Minnesota, January 28 to 29, 201312 eventsA band of heavy snow fell across portions of southeast North Dakota up toward the Bemidji, Minnesota area. Reports of six to twelve inches of snow were common from Forman and Wahpeton Breckenridge up through Bemidji.
• Heavy Snow in North Dakota, January 28 to 29, 20134 eventsA band of heavy snow fell across portions of southeast North Dakota up toward the Bemidji, Minnesota area. Reports of six to twelve inches of snow were common from Forman and Wahpeton Breckenridge up through Bemidji.
• Heavy Snow in Minnesota, January 28 to 29, 20134 eventsA low pressure system tracked across Southern Minnesota January 28th, 2013. This brought some snow across Northern Minnesota with the heaviest snowfall of 8 to 12 inches in a swath from Bemidji to International Falls.
• Heavy Snow in North Dakota, January 28 to 29, 20132 eventsLow pressure lifting northeast across the Central Plains brought a band of heavy snow to the far southern James River Basin of North Dakota during the afternoon and evening of the 28th. Snow eventually ended early on the morning of the 29th.

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