Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in Eastern Tucker, West Virginia

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill January 19, 2026 – January 20, 2026 · Eastern Tucker, West Virginia

What the National Weather Service wrote

County-wide minimum wind chill values ranged from -13 to -20 degrees early on the 20th with the coldest value of -27 degrees recorded by a mesonet site 5 miles east of Canaan Heights.

The wider storm

Strong 1033 mb high pressure nosing ridging in from the west allowed for efficient radiational cooling and minimum wind chill values dropping below -15F, and as cold as -27F, in the higher elevations of Eastern Tucker County.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1305132. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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