Winter Storm in Montgomery, Ohio

Winter Storm January 24, 2026 – January 26, 2026 · Montgomery, Ohio

What the National Weather Service wrote

Three miles east of Kettering, 14.5 inches of snow was reported. At the Dayton airport DAY, 14 inches of snow fell. For the 24 hour period of the 25th, 12.4 inches of snow broke the record for the most snow ever recorded, breaking the old one of 12.2 inches set on January 26, 1978.

The wider storm

A strong winter storm began Saturday night and continued through Sunday as it passed over an entrenched arctic airmass. A strengthening surface low over the Tennessee Valley combined with upper level dynamics to produce snowfall of up to a foot in some areas. The Dayton airport DAY set its highest 24 hour snowfall on record with 12.4 inches on the 25th, breaking the previous record of 12.2 inches set on January 26, 1978.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1311600. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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