Winter Storm in Guilford, North Carolina

Winter Storm January 24, 2026 – January 25, 2026 · Guilford, North Carolina

What the National Weather Service wrote

Between two and three inches of snow and sleet fell across the county, along with trace amounts of freezing rain accumulation.

The wider storm

A powerful winter storm developed on 24 January and did not fully let up until early on 26 January. After a strong Arctic cold front arrived the prior day, an area of low pressure tracked across the southeastern United States, bringing a plume of moisture into the Carolinas. A wintry mix of freezing rain, sleet, and snow developed, with the greatest snow and sleet accumulations over the Piedmont and the highest ice accumulations over the Sandhills and Coastal Plain of central North Carolina.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1310629. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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