Ice Storm in Virginia

Events

565

Deaths

0

Injuries

2

Damage

$25 million

• Ice Storm in Virginia, December 23 to 25, 1998$20 million · 40 eventsA major ice storm affected central and eastern Virginia from Wednesday, December 23rd into Friday, December 25th. A prolonged period of freezing rain and some sleet resulted in ice accumulations of one half inch /0.50/ to one inch /1.00/ in many locations.
• Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Virginia, December 26, 20121 death · 1 injured · 11 eventsAn intense upper low and associated surface low tracked from the Tennessee Valley across southwest Virginia and Delmarva region from the 26th into the 27th. A variety of winter weather accompanied the system beginning late Christmas night and continuing into the 26th.
• Ice Storm in Virginia, February 13 to 14, 2021$1.9 million · 39 eventsThe combination of Arctic high pressure ridging into the Mid Atlantic region, and weak low pressure areas tracking across the Carolinas and off the Mid Atlantic coast, resulted in significant ice accretion between 0.25 inch and 0.50 inch due to freezing rain across much of…
• Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Virginia, February 4 to 5, 1998$1.3 million · 22 eventsA powerful nor'easter, laden with deep moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean, produced a prolonged period of mixed snow, sleet, freezing rain, and rain across the northwest corner of Virginia.
• Ice Storm in Virginia, January 30, 20002 injured · $465,000 · 20 eventsAn ice storm affected a large portion of central and eastern Virginia with ice accumulations of up to one-half inch. Freezing rain mixed with sleet and snow spread over the area during the morning hours.
• Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, January 14 to 15, 1999$320,000 · 23 eventsA strong arctic cold front moved slowly southeast across the Mid-Atlantic region from late on the 13th to midday on the 15th. This front brought a thin layer of sub freezing air to the lowest levels of the atmosphere, but just off the surface warmer air moved in.
• Ice Storm in Virginia, February 2, 1996$400,000 · 4 events
• Ice Storm in Virginia, December 15 to 16, 2007$206,000 · 14 eventsLow pressure moving northeast across the region created rain in subfreezing temperatures which resulted in a quarter to one inch of ice accumulation. Ice accumulations downed trees and power lines.
• Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, January 15 to 16, 1998$135,000 · 17 eventsWarm moist air overrunning shallow polar surface air produced a variety of winter weather, starting around daybreak on the 15th and continuing just after midnight on the 16th.
• Ice Storm in Virginia, January 30, 2000$200,000 · 4 eventsA significant ice storm affected portions of central and eastern Virginia with ice accumulations up to three-quarters of an inch. Precipitation began as a mixture of freezing rain, sleet, and snow, but then changed to all freezing rain during the morning hours.
• Ice Storm in Virginia, December 15, 2005$108,000 · 12 eventsA winter storm moved across southwest Virginia on the afternoon and night of the 15th of December. A band of sleet, snow and freezing rain moved through the region. As the storm progressed east, it coated the area with a 1/4 to 3/4 inch of ice.
• Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, February 1, 2008$47,000 · 18 eventsAn area of low pressure over the Lower Mississippi River Valley moved up the Appalachians on February 1st. Warmer temperatures aloft combined with subfreezing temperatures at the surface to produce widespread freezing rain across the Mid Atlantic.
• Ice Storm in Virginia, December 16, 2010$80,000 · 4 eventsAn area of low pressure tracking through the area on the 15-16th produced freezing rain over southwest Virginia during the overnight hours of the 15th, into the morning hours of the 16th. Roads were glazed with 0.25 inches of ice.
• Ice Storm in Virginia, March 28 to 29, 1996$75,000 · 3 eventsA strong surface high pressure area over New England pushed a shallow layer of subfreezing air into the Shenandoah Valley early on the 28th.
• Ice Storm in Virginia, January 27 to 28, 2009$41,000 · 6 eventsSub-freezing air was in place across the region as a warm front moved north into the area. Rain associated with the front fell and encountered the frigid air at the surface. The result was the formation of a layer of ice over mainly trees and other elevated surfaces.
• Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, February 5 to 6, 202528 eventsAs an area of low pressure moved north across the Ohio Valley, cold air remained to the east of the Alleghenies. This resulted in a period of freezing rain for most of the state, with a long duration mix of freezing rain and sleet across the Blue Ridge.
• Ice Storm in Virginia, December 23 to 24, 199827 eventsSleet and freezing rain developed during the morning hours on the 23rd and continued into late afternoon hours. Freezing rain redeveloped overnight and continued into the late morning and early afternoon hours on the 24th.
• Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Virginia, February 14 to 16, 201627 eventsProlonged event impacted the Mid-Atlantic. Southwest flow aloft overriding northeast flow at the surface from departing high pressure led to snow spreading over the region initially.
• Ice Storm in Virginia, February 1, 2008$14,000 · 16 eventsDeepening low pressure tracked northeast through the Tennessee and Ohio valleys during the evening of January 31st and into the morning hours of February 1st, 2008.
• Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Virginia, January 30, 200023 eventsCold air was in place east of the Blue Ridge Mountains on the 29th and 30th, keeping surface temperatures below freezing.
• Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, December 13 to 14, 200023 eventsA strong cold front brought chilly air into the region on the 12th. By the afternoon of the 13th, an upper level disturbance brought warm air into the mid levels of the atmosphere and caused snow that fell from the system to melt to rain on its way down.
• Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Virginia, December 8 to 10, 2013$3,000 · 23 eventsA classic eastern U.S. cold air wedge set up began to evolve from December 7th into December 8th as a large 1038mb Canadian surface high, anchored across eastern Pennsylvania and eastern New York wedged southwestward along the east side of the Appalachians down through Virginia…
• Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Virginia, February 13 to 14, 202122 eventsLow pressure tracked into the Ohio Valley on the 13th before transferring its energy to a coastal low that moved offshore on the 14th. A period of sleet and freezing rain occurred across the area.
• Ice Storm in Virginia, November 14 to 15, 2018$15,000 · 13 eventsSouthwest winds on the east side of an advancing area of low pressure brought warm and moist air across the region the night of November 14th into the morning of November 15th.
• Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, December 11, 200221 eventsAn area of low pressure that tracked across the region on the 11th produced between 1 and 2 inches of rainfall. Unfortunately while rain was falling during the morning hours, ground temperatures were below freezing across much of Northern Virginia.

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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 2026-09-24.