The snowstorm of January 4 to 7, 2025

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

913

Deaths

8

Injuries

5

Damage

$4.8 million

Episodes

86

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 and Winter Weather in Ohio, January 3 to 4, 20259 eventsBehind a cold front that crossed early in the morning on January 3, 2025, west-northwest winds ushered in colder air across Lake Erie, setting up another round of lake effect snow showers and squalls across northeastern Ohio.
• Lake-Effect Snow and Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, January 3 to 4, 20253 eventsBehind a cold front that crossed early in the morning on January 3, 2025, west-northwest winds ushered in colder air across Lake Erie, setting up another round of lake effect snow showers and squalls across Northwest Pennsylvania.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Maryland, January 3 to 4, 202511 eventsAn area of low pressure moved off into New England bringing a cold front through Maryland. Upslope snow showers and squalls ensued in western Maryland bringing accumulations of six to ten inches.
• Winter Weather in Virginia, January 3 to 4, 202510 eventsAn area of low pressure moved off into New England bringing a cold front through Virginia. Upslope snow showers and squalls ensued in western Highland County bringing accumulations of three to six inches.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 3 to 4, 20253 eventsAn area of low pressure moved off into New England bringing a cold front through the eastern panhandle of West Virginia. Upslope snow showers and squalls ensued bringing accumulations of six to ten inches across western Pendleton and western Grant counties.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, January 3 to 4, 202511 eventsThe passage of a shortwave trough and associated surface cold front led to a period of steady snow at first on January 3rd, followed by a period of banded snow showers and some snow squalls, with some snow lasting into the 4th.
• Winter Weather in Ohio, January 3 to 4, 20252 eventsThe passage of a shortwave trough and associated surface cold front led to a period of steady snow at first on January 3rd, followed by a period of banded snow showers and some snow squalls, with some snow lasting into the 4th.
• Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 3, 20255 eventsSnow showers developed on the western slopes of the southern Appalachians during later morning in response to strong northwest upslope flow in the wake of a cold front.
• Winter Storm in West Virginia, January 3 to 4, 20253 eventsThe passage of a shortwave trough and associated surface cold front led to a period of steady snow at first on January 3rd, followed by a period of banded snow showers lasting into the 4th.
• Winter Weather in Virginia, January 3 to 4, 20255 eventsA clipper system tracked from the Ohio Valley into the Central Appalachians Thursday into Friday.
• Winter Storm in West Virginia, January 3 to 4, 20251 eventA clipper system tracked from the Ohio Valley into the Central Appalachians Thursday into Friday.
• Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 3, 20252 eventsA clipper system tracked from the Ohio Valley into the Central Appalachians Thursday into Friday.
• Winter Weather in District of Columbia, January 3, 20251 eventAn area of low pressure moved off into New England bringing a cold front through Virginia. Snow showers and squalls along the front brought snow accumulations of a coating to an inch.
• Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, January 3 to 4, 20251 injured · 10 eventsA surface cold front with marginal instability allowed for snow squalls and bands of heavy snow showers to form across central Pennsylvania during the evening hours of January 3, 2025.
• Cold in West Virginia, January 3 to 5, 20251 eventCanadian high pressure moved in behind a departing area of low pressure. This resulted in gusty northwest winds of 30-35 mph. Apparent temperatures fell to as low as -15F.
• Cold in Virginia, January 3 to 5, 20251 eventCanadian high pressure moved in behind a departing area of low pressure. This resulted in gusty northwest winds of 30-35 mph. Apparent temperatures fell to as low as -15F.
• Winter Weather in South Dakota, January 4 to 5, 20251 eventTwo episodes of snowfall occurred across south central South Dakota as a strong mid-level wave dropped from the central Rockies into the Southern Plains.
• Winter Weather in Colorado, January 4, 20251 eventA prolonged period of freezing fog and freezing drizzle led to icing amounts of 0.25 inches across portions of Kit Carson county along with light snow around 1 inch.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Kansas, January 4 to 5, 20257 eventsA winter storm consisting of a mixture of freezing drizzle, freezing fog resulting in thick rime ice and light snow occurred across NW Kansas.
• Winter Weather in Nebraska, January 4 to 5, 20251 eventA winter weather event consisting of a mixture of freezing drizzle, freezing fog resulting in thick rime ice and light snow occurred across SW Nebraska.
• Blizzard and Winter Storm in Kansas, January 4 to 5, 20254 deaths · 4 injured · 33 eventsA powerful long duration winter storm moved into Kansas during the weekend of January 4th and 5th. The event started with freezing drizzle and drizzle; there were numerous slide offs across the state on the 4th.
• Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Missouri, January 4 to 6, 202527 eventsLight drizzle began to move into southeast Kansas and the Missouri Ozarks during the early morning hours on January 4, 2025, which turned into freezing drizzle once temperatures dropped below freezing in the afternoon.
• Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Kansas, January 4 to 6, 20252 eventsLight drizzle began to move into southeast Kansas and the Missouri Ozarks during the early morning hours on January 4, 2025, which turned into freezing drizzle once temperatures dropped below freezing in the afternoon.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Nebraska, January 4 to 5, 202527 eventsA large upper level trough was approaching Nebraska from the Intermountain west. A surface high extended from Canada to the Plains and Midwest.
• Blizzard and Winter Storm in Kansas, January 4 to 5, 202511 eventsA large upper level trough was approaching Kansas from the Intermountain west. A surface high extended from Canada to the Plains and Midwest.
• Blizzard and Winter Storm in Missouri, January 4 to 6, 202523 eventsOn January 4, 2025, a potent mid latitude extratropical cyclone began impacting the region. First, this brought freezing drizzle to the area on the afternoon and evening hours of Jan 4th, with major impacts to roadways across the KC metro.
• Blizzard and Winter Storm in Kansas, January 4 to 5, 202523 eventsA winter storm brought a prolonged period of high impact winter weather to north central and northeast Kansas on January 4th and 5th.
• Blizzard and Winter Storm in Kansas, January 4 to 5, 202512 eventsA winter storm hit western and central Kansas, starting out with a prolonged duration of light drizzle and freezing drizzle for about 12 hours prior to the onset of heavier precipitation which included heavier freezing drizzle and a changeover to snow from north to south.
• Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Missouri, January 4 to 6, 202529 eventsA potent winter storm brought a mix of wintry precipitation to much of the state. More southerly locations saw significant freezing rain and numerous power outages. Northern locations saw several inches of snow and blowing snow. In between a mix of sleet and snow fell.
• Winter Weather in Illinois, January 5, 20252 eventsA strong winter storm tracked across the central US and into the Ohio River Valley on Sunday brining heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain to much of Kansas, Missouri, southern Illinois, and Kentucky.
• Winter Weather in Missouri, January 5, 20252 eventsA strong winter storm tracked across the central US and into the Ohio River Valley on Sunday brining heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain to much of Kansas, Missouri, southern Illinois, and Kentucky.
• Winter Weather in Oklahoma, January 5, 2025$2,000 · 3 eventsDuring the early morning of January 5th, a winter system brough one half of an inch to one inch of snow to the western half of the combined Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles.
• Winter Storm in Illinois, January 5 to 6, 202517 eventsA potent winter storm brought a mix of wintry precipitation to much of Illinois. A mix of sleet and snow fell, accumulating to several inches. The wintry weather caused significant travel impacts.
• Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Illinois, January 5 to 6, 20251 death · $1.2 million · 19 eventsA major to locally historic winter storm impacted southern Illinois on the 5th with a mix of snow, sleet, and freezing rain.
• Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Missouri, January 5 to 6, 2025$695,000 · 11 eventsA winter storm, with locally major to historic impacts, affected southeast Missouri on the 5th with a mix of snow, sleet, and freezing rain.
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Illinois, January 5 to 6, 202528 eventsA major winter storm system impacted south-central Illinois from the morning of January 5th through the morning of January 6th. Snow was the primary precipitation type, although the profile warmed enough to produce some sleet and freezing drizzle south of the I-70 corridor.
• Winter Storm in Kentucky, January 5 to 6, 20251 death · 41 eventsA major winter storm impacted central Kentucky on January 5-6, 2025. When all was said and done, the storm had dropped a swath of heavy snow and sleet ranging between 6 and 12 inches across northern Kentucky.
• Winter Storm in Indiana, January 5 to 6, 20251 death · 10 eventsA major winter storm impacted the Ohio Valley on January 5-6, 2025. When all was said and done, the storm had dropped a swath of heavy snow and sleet ranging between 6 and 12 inches across southern Indiana.
• Ice Storm and Flood in Kentucky, January 5 to 6, 2025$1.7 million · 23 eventsA winter storm, with locally major impacts, affected western Kentucky on the 5th with a mix of snow, sleet, and freezing rain. A brief wintry mix that fell primarily as freezing rain quickly transitioned to plain rain later that morning and afternoon across much of the region.
• Winter Storm in Indiana, January 5 to 6, 202532 eventsA strong winter storm that had started to deepen near the Texas Panhandle on the 4th, was guided slowly eastward amid a split yet confluent upper level pattern, crossing Arkansas through midday hours on the 5th, and continuing along the Kentucky-Tennesse border during the 6th's…
• Winter Storm in Nebraska, January 5 to 6, 20254 eventsOn January 4th, upper-level analysis showed a potent shortwave trough positioned over the northern Rockies. The night of the 4th and into the 5th, this trough amplified as it dove southeast into the central CONUS.
• Winter Storm in Indiana, January 5 to 6, 2025$1.1 million · 6 eventsA major winter storm impacted southwest Indiana on the 5th with a mix of snow, sleet, and freezing rain.
• Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Kentucky, January 5 to 6, 2025$39,000 · 23 eventsThe first significant winter storm of 2025 brought a mix of heavy snow and significant icing to eastern Kentucky on January 5th and 6th. A deep surface low tracked across southern Kentucky, spreading precipitation across the region.
• Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Virginia, January 5 to 6, 20255 eventsIsentropic lifting helped produce stratiform precipitation across Virginia, leading to snow accumulations across the area. Precipitation began as snow before eventually switching to rain.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Ohio, January 5 to 6, 202529 eventsA low pressure system crossed east through the Ohio Valley as very cold air was entrenched over the region. Warm air ahead of the system overlapped with deep moisture to create a significant band of snow that immobilized the region along and north of the Ohio River.
• Winter Storm in Kentucky, January 5 to 6, 202512 eventsA low pressure system crossed east through the Ohio Valley as very cold air was entrenched over the region. Warm air ahead of the system overlapped with deep moisture to create a significant band of snow that immobilized the region along and north of the Ohio River.
• Winter Storm in Indiana, January 5 to 6, 20258 eventsA low pressure system crossed east through the Ohio Valley as very cold air was entrenched over the region. Warm air ahead of the system overlapped with deep moisture to create a significant band of snow that immobilized the region along and north of the Ohio River.
• Winter Storm in West Virginia, January 5 to 7, 202540 eventsA significant winter storm brought a mix of precipitation to West Virginia from January 5th to 7th and imposed accumulating ice and snow accumulations as a result.
• Winter Storm in Virginia, January 5 to 7, 20252 eventsA slew of wintry precipitation ventured into southwest Virginia beginning on January 5th as a result of a strengthening low pressure system.
• Winter Storm in Ohio, January 5 to 6, 20259 eventsA significant snow storm crossed through southeast Ohio beginning on the afternoon of January 5th. The low pressure system behind this event continued to produce snow in this area for the next 24 hours, which led to the highest snow totals observed so far this winter season.
• Winter Storm in Kentucky, January 5 to 6, 20254 eventsThe start of January was active across eastern Kentucky as a result of a significant winter storm sailing over the area from January 5th through the 6th.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, January 5 to 6, 2025$7,000 · 23 eventsLow pressure moved from the Southern Plains into the Mississippi Valley on January 5 before occluding in the southern Appalachians on the morning of January 6.
• Winter Storm in Virginia, January 5 to 6, 2025$75,000 · 22 eventsA major winter storm brought numerous impacts to Virginia from Sunday January 5th into Monday January 6th.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 5 to 6, 20253 eventsA major winter storm brought numerous impacts to North Carolina Sunday January 5th and into Monday January 6th.
• Winter Storm in West Virginia, January 5 to 6, 2025$20,000 · 5 eventsA major winter storm brought numerous impacts to West Virginia Sunday January 5th and into Monday January 6th.
• Winter Storm in Virginia, January 5 to 7, 202529 eventsAn area of low pressure tracked across southern Virginia bringing the first widespread accumulating snow of the season. Snow overspread the area during the late evening hours of January 5th into the overnight.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Maryland, January 5 to 7, 202520 eventsAn area of low pressure tracked across southern Virginia bringing the first widespread accumulating snow of the season. Snow overspread the area during the late evening hours of January 5th into the overnight. This continued steady through mid-morning.
• Winter Storm in West Virginia, January 5 to 7, 202511 eventsAn area of low pressure tracked across southern Virginia bringing the first widespread accumulating snow of the season. Snow overspread the area during the late evening hours of January 5th into the overnight. This continued steady through mid-morning.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 5 to 7, 202511 eventsLow pressure ejected out of the Rocky Mountains and rapidly intensified over the southern Plains on January 5th, tracking east-northeast into the Lower Ohio Valley and into eastern Kentucky on the morning of the 6th.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Ohio, January 5 to 6, 20256 eventsLow pressure ejected out of the Rocky Mountains and rapidly intensified over the southern Plains on January 5th, tracking east-northeast into the Lower Ohio Valley and into eastern Kentucky on the morning of the 6th.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, January 5 to 6, 20256 eventsLow pressure ejected out of the Rocky Mountains and rapidly intensified over the southern Plains on January 5th, tracking east-northeast into the Lower Ohio Valley and into eastern Kentucky on the morning of the 6th.
• Cold in Oklahoma, January 5 to 6, 202531 eventsAn arctic airmass, yielding dangerous temperatures/wind chills, settled across the Plains on the 5th and 6th behind the passage of a cold front.
• Winter Storm in District of Columbia, January 5 to 6, 20251 eventAn area of low pressure tracked across southern Virginia bringing the first widespread accumulating snow of the season. Snow overspread the area during the late evening hours of January 5th into the overnight.
• Winter Weather in Wisconsin, January 5 to 6, 20257 eventsTwo bands of lake effect snow impacted far southeastern Wisconsin from the overnight hours of January 5 into the morning of January 6.
• Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 6, 20251 eventSurface low pressure stationed south of Pennsylvania gradually progressed east during the day on January 6, 2025 with enhanced upper flow allowing for a significant surge of moisture into the area.
• Cold in Texas, January 6, 202546 eventsWind chill values between 5-10 degrees were observed across the region during the overnight and morning hours of January 6, 2025.
• Cold in Texas, January 6, 20254 eventsAn arctic airmass, yielding dangerous temperatures/wind chills, settled across the Plains on the 5th and 6th behind the passage of a cold front.
• Winter Storm in Maryland, January 6 to 7, 20254 eventsA winter storm brought heavy banded snow to portions of Delmarva and southern New Jersey, with lighter snowfall amounts tapering off to the north into the Philadelphia metro area.
• Winter Storm in Maryland, January 6 to 7, 20255 eventsLow pressure moved from the Southern Plains into the Mississippi Valley on January 5 before occluding in the southern Appalachians on the morning of January 6.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Delaware, January 6 to 7, 20254 eventsA winter storm brought heavy banded snow to portions of Delmarva and southern New Jersey, with lighter snowfall amounts tapering off to the north into the Philadelphia metro area.
• Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 6, 202513 eventsPrecipitation developed across western North Carolina during the early morning hours as moisture and lift associated with an area of low pressure and associated frontal system over the Tennessee Valley overspread the region.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in New Jersey, January 6 to 7, 202512 eventsA winter storm brought heavy banded snow to portions of Delmarva and southern New Jersey, with lighter snowfall amounts tapering off to the north into the Philadelphia metro area.
• Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, January 6, 20256 eventsA winter storm brought heavy banded snow to portions of Delmarva and southern New Jersey, with lighter snowfall amounts tapering off to the north into the Philadelphia metro area.
• Winter Weather in Colorado, January 6 to 7, 20255 eventsSnowfall developed across the I-25 Corridor from the Wyoming border south to the Palmer Divide. Snowfall amounts ranged from 1 to 5 inches, creating slippery travel the night of January 6th and for the morning commute on January 7th.
• Cold in West Virginia, January 7, 20252 eventsCanadian high pressure coupled with wind gusts of 20-25 mph resulted in apparent temperatures as low as -15F.
• Extreme Cold in Virginia, January 7, 20251 eventCanadian high pressure coupled with wind gusts of 20-25 mph resulted in apparent temperatures as low as -15F.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in New York, January 7 to 9, 20255 eventsA large stationary storm in Newfoundland delivered an favorable flow of moisture and energy southwestward into northern NY and VT on January 7th-9th.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Vermont, January 7 to 9, 20258 eventsA large stationary storm in Newfoundland delivered an favorable flow of moisture and energy southwestward into northern NY and VT on January 7th-9th.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 7 to 9, 20255 eventsA long duration period of upslope snow in moist northwest flow off of the Great Lakes resulted in 3 day snow accumulations of 4 to 12 inches, with upwards of 18 inches across the highest peaks of the Allegheny Front.
• Winter Weather in Maryland, January 7 to 9, 20252 eventsA long duration period of upslope snow in moist northwest flow off of the Great Lakes resulted in 3 day snow accumulations of 4 to 12 inches across western Maryland, with the higher amounts west of US-219.
• Winter Weather in Virginia, January 7 to 9, 20251 eventA long duration period of upslope snow in moist northwest flow off of the Great Lakes resulted in 3 day snow accumulations of 4 to 8 inches across western Highland County. Winds gusted to 50 mph at times resulting in significant blowing and drifting of snow.
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 7 to 9, 20255 eventsAn extended period of northwest-flow snow showers occurred between January 7th and January 9th thanks to ongoing cold advection a good fetch of Great Lakes moisture.
• Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, January 7 to 9, 20251 eventAn extended period of northwest-flow snow showers occurred between January 7th and January 9th thanks to ongoing cold advection a good fetch of Great Lakes moisture.
• Lake-Effect Snow in Pennsylvania, January 7 to 8, 20251 eventAmid cold northwesterly flow behind a large area of low pressure over the Canadian Maritimes, a surface trough developed across the southern Great Lakes January 8th into early January 9th.
• Cold in Wisconsin, January 8, 20251 death · 1 eventThe Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office reported a probable hypothermia death.
• Winter Weather in Michigan, January 8, 20251 eventModerate lake effect snow was observed for shoreline areas of Marquette County on the 8th. Six to nearly eight inches of snow was reported from Marquette to Harvey on the 8th.

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