Significant Winter Storm to Bring Heavy Snow and Ice Impacts; Dangerously Cold Temperatures Expands Across the East; Severe Storm Threat in the Gulf States Sunday
A significant winter storm is underway, bringing widespread heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain from the Southern Rockies to New England through Monday. Extremely cold air will follow, prolonging dangerous travel and infrastructure impacts into next week. Severe thunderstorms may produce damaging gusts and tornadoes across the eastern Gulf Coast states Sunday morning and afternoon. Read More >
| NWS Forecast for: Fredericksburg VA Issued by: National Weather Service Baltimore, MD/Washington, D.C. Last Update: 10:40 pm EST Jan 24, 2026 |  |
Tonight: Snow, mainly after 11pm. The snow could be heavy at times. Low around 17. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of 3 to 7 inches possible. Sunday: Snow and sleet before 1pm, then sleet between 1pm and 2pm, then sleet, possibly mixed with freezing rain after 2pm. The sleet could be heavy at times. High near 28. North wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible. Sunday Night: Freezing rain, possibly mixed with sleet, becoming all freezing rain after 10pm. Low around 19. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New ice accumulation of 0.1 to 0.2 of an inch possible. New sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible. Monday: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 32. Light northwest wind increasing to 6 to 11 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph. Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 0. Northwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm after midnight. Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 29. Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 4. Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 26. Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 5. Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 23. Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 1. Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 24. Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 6. Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 28. | |
| Fredericksburg VA 38.31°N 77.49°W (Elev. 203 ft) | |
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