Disaster-history hazard lens

Winter storm history by county

Snow, ice, blizzards, freezes, and winter storms. Compare official county histories below while keeping FEMA administrative declarations separate from NOAA observed-event reports.

Data updated Aug 21, 2026

History, not a forecast

These counts do not measure current danger, probability, severity, loss, or personal exposure. A higher rank means only that a county has more records within the same official source and exact coverage window. FEMA and NOAA counts are never added together.

Administrative records

FEMA declaration history

Federal administrative declarations that include a county designation and map to this hazard category. A declaration is a government action, not a physical-event census.

40 counties have a positive winter storm count in this source.

Coverage: Jan 1, 1964 – Aug 21, 2026

Rankings compare only this source and exact coverage window. Equal counts share a rank.

Winter storm fema declaration history by county
Rank	County	Unique declarations
1	Cumberland County, Maine	10
1	Oklahoma County, Oklahoma	10
3	Middlesex County, Massachusetts	9
4	Hartford County, Connecticut	8
5	Hillsborough County, New Hampshire	7
5	Providence County, Rhode Island	7
5	Fairfax County, Virginia	7
8	Montgomery County, Maryland	6
8	Wake County, North Carolina	6
10	Pulaski County, Arkansas	5
10	Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania	5
10	Greenville County, South Carolina	5
10	Shelby County, Tennessee	5
14	New Castle County, Delaware	4
14	Fulton County, Georgia	4
14	Cook County, Illinois	4
14	Marion County, Indiana	4
14	Jefferson County, Kentucky	4
14	Bergen County, New Jersey	4
14	Kanawha County, West Virginia	4
14	Milwaukee County, Wisconsin	4
22	Fresno County, California	3
22	Ventura County, California	3
22	East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana	3
22	Kent County, Michigan	3
22	Harrison County, Mississippi	3
22	St. Louis County, Missouri	3
22	Kings County, New York	3
22	Franklin County, Ohio	3
30	Los Angeles County, California	2
30	El Paso County, Colorado	2
30	Wayne County, Michigan	2
30	Clark County, Nevada	2
30	Harris County, Texas	2
30	Chittenden County, Vermont	2
36	Jefferson County, Alabama	1
36	Polk County, Iowa	1
36	Johnson County, Kansas	1
36	Douglas County, Nebraska	1
36	Cass County, North Dakota	1

Observed-event reports

NOAA observed-event history

Distinct NOAA Storm Events records explicitly coded to a county and mapped to this hazard category. Forecast-zone and marine-zone records are excluded from county totals.

5 counties have a positive winter storm count in this source.

Coverage: Jan 1, 1996 – Mar 19, 2024

Rankings compare only this source and exact coverage window. Equal counts share a rank.

Winter storm noaa observed-event history by county
Rank	County	County-event records
1	Anchorage Municipality, Alaska	1

Coverage: Jan 1, 1996 – May 26, 2026

Rankings compare only this source and exact coverage window. Equal counts share a rank.

Winter storm noaa observed-event history by county
Rank	County	County-event records
1	Los Angeles County, California	1
1	Ventura County, California	1

Coverage: Jan 1, 1996 – May 28, 2026

Rankings compare only this source and exact coverage window. Equal counts share a rank.

Winter storm noaa observed-event history by county
Rank	County	County-event records
1	Bernalillo County, New Mexico	1

Coverage: Jan 1, 1996 – May 29, 2026

Rankings compare only this source and exact coverage window. Equal counts share a rank.

Winter storm noaa observed-event history by county
Rank	County	County-event records
1	Kings County, New York	1

How to interpret this hazard lens

Hazard categories normalize source labels into a shared taxonomy; source definitions and reporting practices still differ.
FEMA declarations reflect federal administrative actions and do not inventory every damaging local event.
NOAA totals include only distinct county-coded Storm Events records; forecast-zone and marine-zone records are excluded.
Only counties with a positive count for this category appear in each source table. Open a county profile for its complete source disclosures and preparedness context.