{"id":28097,"date":"2026-01-16T17:47:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T22:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/?p=28097"},"modified":"2026-01-16T17:47:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T22:47:35","slug":"cold-temperatures-and-snow-expected-across-maryland-january-17-21-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/2026\/01\/16\/cold-temperatures-and-snow-expected-across-maryland-january-17-21-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Cold Temperatures and Snow Expected Across Maryland January 17 &#8211; 21, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MDEM is urging Marylanders to prepare for <\/span><b>snow and dangerously cold temperatures<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> expected from <\/span><b>Saturday through midweek<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <span data-offset-key=\"d55pj-0-0\">More information, resources, and preparedness tips here: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/md-alerts\">bit.ly\/md-alerts<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MDEM is urging Marylanders to prepare for snow and dangerously cold temperatures expected from Saturday through midweek. More information, resources, and preparedness tips here: bit.ly\/md-alerts &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[410],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alerts"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"MDEM is urging Marylanders to prepare for snow and dangerously cold temperatures expected from Saturday through midweek. More information, resources, and preparedness tips here: bit.ly\/md-alerts\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jorge Castillo\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/2026\/01\/16\/cold-temperatures-and-snow-expected-across-maryland-january-17-21-2026\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.8\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MDEM Newsroom - MDEM is Maryland&#039;s official home for emergency management information, resources, and support. Check out our newsroom to learn the latest about the threats Maryland faces and what we&#039;re doing to prepare for them!\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cold Temperatures and Snow Expected Across Maryland January 17 \u2013 21, 2026 - MDEM Newsroom\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"MDEM is urging Marylanders to prepare for snow and dangerously cold temperatures expected from Saturday through midweek. More information, resources, and preparedness tips here: bit.ly\/md-alerts\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/2026\/01\/16\/cold-temperatures-and-snow-expected-across-maryland-january-17-21-2026\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-16T22:47:35+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-16T22:47:35+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Cold Temperatures and Snow Expected Across Maryland January 17 \u2013 21, 2026 - MDEM Newsroom\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"MDEM is urging Marylanders to prepare for snow and dangerously cold temperatures expected from Saturday through midweek. More information, resources, and preparedness tips here: bit.ly\/md-alerts\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BlogPosting\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.maryland.gov\\\/mdem\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/16\\\/cold-temperatures-and-snow-expected-across-maryland-january-17-21-2026\\\/#blogposting\",\"name\":\"Cold Temperatures and Snow Expected Across Maryland January 17 \\u2013 21, 2026 - MDEM Newsroom\",\"headline\":\"Cold Temperatures and Snow Expected Across Maryland January 17 &#8211; 21, 2026\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.maryland.gov\\\/mdem\\\/author\\\/jcastillo\\\/#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.maryland.gov\\\/mdem\\\/#organization\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-16T17:47:35-05:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-16T17:47:35-05:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.maryland.gov\\\/mdem\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/16\\\/cold-temperatures-and-snow-expected-across-maryland-january-17-21-2026\\\/#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.maryland.gov\\\/mdem\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/16\\\/cold-temperatures-and-snow-expected-across-maryland-january-17-21-2026\\\/#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"Alerts\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.maryland.gov\\\/mdem\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/16\\\/cold-temperatures-and-snow-expected-across-maryland-january-17-21-2026\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.maryland.gov\\\/mdem#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.maryland.gov\\\/mdem\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.maryland.gov\\\/mdem\\\/category\\\/alerts\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Alerts\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.maryland.gov\\\/mdem\\\/category\\\/alerts\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Alerts\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.maryland.gov\\\/mdem\\\/category\\\/alerts\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.maryland.gov\\\/mdem\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/16\\\/cold-temperatures-and-snow-expected-across-maryland-january-17-21-2026\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Cold Temperatures and Snow Expected Across Maryland January 17 &#8211; 21, 2026\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.maryland.gov\\\/mdem#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.maryland.gov\\\/mdem\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/16\\\/cold-temperatures-and-snow-expected-across-maryland-january-17-21-2026\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Cold Temperatures and Snow Expected Across Maryland January 17 &#8211; 21, 2026\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.maryland.gov\\\/mdem\\\/category\\\/alerts\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Alerts\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.maryland.gov\\\/mdem\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"MDEM Newsroom\",\"description\":\"MDEM is Maryland's official home for emergency management information, resources, and support. Check out our newsroom to learn the latest about the threats Maryland faces and what we're doing to prepare for them!\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.maryland.gov\\\/mdem\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.maryland.gov\\\/mdem\\\/author\\\/jcastillo\\\/#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.maryland.gov\\\/mdem\\\/author\\\/jcastillo\\\/\",\"name\":\"Jorge Castillo\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.maryland.gov\\\/mdem\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/16\\\/cold-temperatures-and-snow-expected-across-maryland-january-17-21-2026\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.maryland.gov\\\/mdem\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/16\\\/cold-temperatures-and-snow-expected-across-maryland-january-17-21-2026\\\/\",\"name\":\"Cold Temperatures and Snow Expected Across Maryland January 17 \\u2013 21, 2026 - MDEM Newsroom\",\"description\":\"MDEM is urging Marylanders to prepare for snow and dangerously cold temperatures expected from Saturday through midweek. More information, resources, and preparedness tips here: bit.ly\\\/md-alerts\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.maryland.gov\\\/mdem\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.maryland.gov\\\/mdem\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/16\\\/cold-temperatures-and-snow-expected-across-maryland-january-17-21-2026\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.maryland.gov\\\/mdem\\\/author\\\/jcastillo\\\/#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.maryland.gov\\\/mdem\\\/author\\\/jcastillo\\\/#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-16T17:47:35-05:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-16T17:47:35-05:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.maryland.gov\\\/mdem\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.maryland.gov\\\/mdem\\\/\",\"name\":\"MDEM Newsroom\",\"description\":\"MDEM is Maryland's official home for emergency management information, resources, and support. Check out our newsroom to learn the latest about the threats Maryland faces and what we're doing to prepare for them!\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.maryland.gov\\\/mdem\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Cold Temperatures and Snow Expected Across Maryland January 17 \u2013 21, 2026 - MDEM Newsroom","description":"MDEM is urging Marylanders to prepare for snow and dangerously cold temperatures expected from Saturday through midweek. More information, resources, and preparedness tips here: bit.ly\/md-alerts","canonical_url":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/2026\/01\/16\/cold-temperatures-and-snow-expected-across-maryland-january-17-21-2026\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/2026\/01\/16\/cold-temperatures-and-snow-expected-across-maryland-january-17-21-2026\/#blogposting","name":"Cold Temperatures and Snow Expected Across Maryland January 17 \u2013 21, 2026 - MDEM Newsroom","headline":"Cold Temperatures and Snow Expected Across Maryland January 17 &#8211; 21, 2026","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/author\/jcastillo\/#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/#organization"},"datePublished":"2026-01-16T17:47:35-05:00","dateModified":"2026-01-16T17:47:35-05:00","inLanguage":"en-US","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/2026\/01\/16\/cold-temperatures-and-snow-expected-across-maryland-january-17-21-2026\/#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/2026\/01\/16\/cold-temperatures-and-snow-expected-across-maryland-january-17-21-2026\/#webpage"},"articleSection":"Alerts"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/2026\/01\/16\/cold-temperatures-and-snow-expected-across-maryland-january-17-21-2026\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/category\/alerts\/#listItem","name":"Alerts"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/category\/alerts\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"Alerts","item":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/category\/alerts\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/2026\/01\/16\/cold-temperatures-and-snow-expected-across-maryland-january-17-21-2026\/#listItem","name":"Cold Temperatures and Snow Expected Across Maryland January 17 &#8211; 21, 2026"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/2026\/01\/16\/cold-temperatures-and-snow-expected-across-maryland-january-17-21-2026\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"Cold Temperatures and Snow Expected Across Maryland January 17 &#8211; 21, 2026","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/category\/alerts\/#listItem","name":"Alerts"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/#organization","name":"MDEM Newsroom","description":"MDEM is Maryland's official home for emergency management information, resources, and support. Check out our newsroom to learn the latest about the threats Maryland faces and what we're doing to prepare for them!","url":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/author\/jcastillo\/#author","url":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/author\/jcastillo\/","name":"Jorge Castillo"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/2026\/01\/16\/cold-temperatures-and-snow-expected-across-maryland-january-17-21-2026\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/2026\/01\/16\/cold-temperatures-and-snow-expected-across-maryland-january-17-21-2026\/","name":"Cold Temperatures and Snow Expected Across Maryland January 17 \u2013 21, 2026 - MDEM Newsroom","description":"MDEM is urging Marylanders to prepare for snow and dangerously cold temperatures expected from Saturday through midweek. More information, resources, and preparedness tips here: bit.ly\/md-alerts","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/2026\/01\/16\/cold-temperatures-and-snow-expected-across-maryland-january-17-21-2026\/#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/author\/jcastillo\/#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/author\/jcastillo\/#author"},"datePublished":"2026-01-16T17:47:35-05:00","dateModified":"2026-01-16T17:47:35-05:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/#website","url":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/","name":"MDEM Newsroom","description":"MDEM is Maryland's official home for emergency management information, resources, and support. Check out our newsroom to learn the latest about the threats Maryland faces and what we're doing to prepare for them!","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"MDEM Newsroom - MDEM is Maryland's official home for emergency management information, resources, and support. Check out our newsroom to learn the latest about the threats Maryland faces and what we're doing to prepare for them!","og:type":"article","og:title":"Cold Temperatures and Snow Expected Across Maryland January 17 \u2013 21, 2026 - MDEM Newsroom","og:description":"MDEM is urging Marylanders to prepare for snow and dangerously cold temperatures expected from Saturday through midweek. More information, resources, and preparedness tips here: bit.ly\/md-alerts","og:url":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/2026\/01\/16\/cold-temperatures-and-snow-expected-across-maryland-january-17-21-2026\/","article:published_time":"2026-01-16T22:47:35+00:00","article:modified_time":"2026-01-16T22:47:35+00:00","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:title":"Cold Temperatures and Snow Expected Across Maryland January 17 \u2013 21, 2026 - MDEM Newsroom","twitter:description":"MDEM is urging Marylanders to prepare for snow and dangerously cold temperatures expected from Saturday through midweek. More information, resources, and preparedness tips here: bit.ly\/md-alerts"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"28097","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":{"focus":{"keyphrase":"","score":0,"analysis":{"keyphraseInTitle":{"score":0,"maxScore":9,"error":1}}},"additional":[]},"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":"","og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"BlogPosting","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":"-1","robots_max_videopreview":"-1","robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":"default","local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":{"faqs":[],"keyPoints":[],"titles":[],"descriptions":[],"socialPosts":{"email":[],"linkedin":[],"twitter":[],"facebook":[],"instagram":[]}},"created":"2026-01-16 22:08:06","updated":"2026-01-16 22:52:10","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/category\/alerts\/\" title=\"Alerts\">Alerts<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tCold Temperatures and Snow Expected Across Maryland January 17 \u2013 21, 2026\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem"},{"label":"Alerts","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/category\/alerts\/"},{"label":"Cold Temperatures and Snow Expected Across Maryland January 17 &#8211; 21, 2026","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/2026\/01\/16\/cold-temperatures-and-snow-expected-across-maryland-january-17-21-2026\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28097"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28101,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28097\/revisions\/28101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}