The second major Arctic blast to affect the region within the same 7-day period surged through the region on the 18th sending temperatures to their lowest levels in over a year and by the morning of the 20th setting record low temperatures.  Maximum temperatures on the 19th failed to rise above 20F across the Piedmont and failed to even reach 10F across the western mountains.  All of the climate stations within the Blacksburg National Weather Service Forecast Office County Warning Area (CWA) tied record low maximum temperatures on the 18th and all but Bluefield did the same on the 20th.  All of the climate stations set record low temperatures the morning of February 20th, with Lynchburg recording a new all time record low temperature of 11F early in the morning on the 20th.  The first morning after the Arctic frontal passage brought bitterly cold temperatures and gusty northwest winds leading to dangerously low wind chills.  The record cold resulted in at least one instance of frozen water pipes at an office building in Lynchburg which suffered extensive damage as a result.  Undoubtedly, there are countless other such events for which documentation was not received.  Below are the highlights of the dangerously low -20F or lower wind chills from the Virginia counties within the Blacksburg National Weather Service Forecast area as well as the plethora of record low and record low maximum temperatures set as a result of this Arctic outbreak:
Wind Chills:
Bath County - the Hot Springs (Ingalls Field) AWOS (KHSP) recorded a wind chill of -32F at 715 am EST on the 19th,
Bland County - a mesonet station in Bland recorded a wind chill of -20F at 725 am EST on the 19th,
Carroll County - the Galax/Hillsville Airport (KHLX) recorded a wind chill of -25F at 815 am EST on the 19th while a mesonet station 2N of Fancy Gap recorded a wind chill of -21F at 829 am EST on the 19th,
Grayson County - A wind chill of -24F was recorded 2NNW of Elk Creek by a mesonet station at 746 am EST on the 19th,
Montgomery County - wind chill readings of -23F to -25F were recorded 4E of Childress and 4NE of Blacksburg at 835 am EST and 747 am EST via mesonet stations on the 19th, respectively.  A wind chill of -22F was recorded by a mesonet station at Radford.
Pulaski County - wind chill readings of -25F 2SW of Graysontown and -20F at the Pulaski County/Dublin Airport,
Roanoke County - a wind chill reading of -23F was recorded 3NNW of Bent Mountain by a mesonet station at 841 am EST on the 19th,
Smyth County - a wind chill reading of -24F was recorded at the Marion/Wytheville Mt. Empire Airport (KMKJ) at 835 am EST on the 19th,
Tazewell County - wind chill readings of -24F were recorded by mesonet stations 5SW of Claypool Hill, 2ENE of Tazewell, and 2S of Richlands at 759 am EST, 840 am EST, and 735 am EST on the 19th, respectively,
Wythe - a wind chill reading of -22F was recorded 2E of the Marion/Wytheville Airport.
Record Low Maximum Temperatures on the 19th:
Roanoke - maximum temperature of 13F tied for 7th coldest on record and coldest maximum temperature since 12/22/1989.  Coldest on record is 11F set on 12/22/1989,
Blacksburg - maximum temperature of 7F tied for 5th coldest on record and coldest maximum temperature observed since 1/10/1970.  Coldest on record is 2F set on 1/28/1996.
Lynchburg - maximum temperature of 15F tied for 15th coldest on record and coldest maximum temperature since 1/10/1984.  Coldest on record is 9F set on 2/13/1899.
Danville - maximum temperature of 20F tied for the 3rd coldest on record and coldest maximum temperature since 1/15/1994.  Coldest on record is 16F set on 2/17/1958.
Record Low Maximum Temperatures on the 20th:
Roanoke - maximum of 22F broke previous record of 26F set in 1947,
Blacksburg -maximum of 21F tied previous record of 21F set in 1958,
Lynchburg - maximum of 18F broke previous record of 23F set in 1947,
Danville - maximum of 24F broke previous record of 35F set in 1972.
Record Low Temperatures on the 20th:
Roanoke - minimum of 0F broke previous record of 9F set in 1979,
Blacksburg - minimum temperature of -5F broke previous record of 2F set in 1972,
Lynchburg - minimum temperature of -11F broke previous record of 7F set in 1896.  Note, this is also the all time minimum temperature for Lynchburg, breaking the previous record of -10F set on 2/5/1996 and 1/21/1985.
Danville - minimum temperature of 3F broke previous record of 10F set in 1979.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in GRAYSON, VIRGINIA
From 19-FEB-15 06:00:00 to 19-FEB-15 08:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

A mesonet site near Elk Creek recorded a wind chill of -24F at 746 AM EST. Dangerously cold wind chills of -20F occurred across Grayson County during the morning of the 19th.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in BATH, VIRGINIA
From 19-FEB-15 04:00:00 to 19-FEB-15 10:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: AWOS

The AWOS at the Hot Springs Airport, Ingalls Field (KHSP), recorded wind chills below -20F, with a reading of -32F at 715 am EST.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in BLAND, VIRGINIA
From 19-FEB-15 06:30:00 to 19-FEB-15 08:30:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

A mesonet station recorded a wind chill of -20F at 725 am EST.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in CARROLL, VIRGINIA
From 19-FEB-15 05:30:00 to 19-FEB-15 09:30:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: AWOS

The AWOS at the Hillsville/Galax Airport (KHLX) recorded a wind chill of -25F at 815 am EST.  A mesonet station 2N of Fancy Gap recorded a wind chill of -21F at 829 am EST.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in PULASKI, VIRGINIA
From 19-FEB-15 05:00:00 to 19-FEB-15 09:30:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

A mesonet station 2SW of Graysontown recorded a wind chill of -25F at 825 am EST while the Pulaski County/Dublin (PSK) Airport recorded a wind chill of -20F at 720 am EST.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in MONTGOMERY, VIRGINIA
From 19-FEB-15 06:00:00 to 19-FEB-15 09:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Mesonet stations across Blacksburg recorded wind chills of -25F and -23F at 747 am and 835 am EST, respectively.  A mesonet station at Radford recorded a wind chill of -22F at 855 am EST.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in ROANOKE, VIRGINIA
From 19-FEB-15 04:30:00 to 19-FEB-15 10:30:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

A mesonet station 3NNW of Bent Mountain recorded a wind chill of -23F at 841 am EST.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in TAZEWELL, VIRGINIA
From 19-FEB-15 05:00:00 to 19-FEB-15 09:30:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Mesonet stations recorded wind chill readings of -24F 5SW of Claypool Hill, -24F 2ENE of Tazewell, and -23F 2S Richlands at 759 am EST, 840 am EST, and 735 am EST, respectively.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in WYTHE, VIRGINIA
From 19-FEB-15 05:00:00 to 19-FEB-15 09:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

A mesonet station recorded a wind chill of -22F 2E of the Marion/Wytheville Airport in extreme western Wythe county at 623 am EST.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in SMYTH, VIRGINIA
From 19-FEB-15 06:00:00 to 19-FEB-15 09:30:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: AWOS

The AWOS at the Marion/Wytheville Airport (KMKJ) recorded a wind chill of -24F at 835 am EST.