Alert archive / California / Freeze Warnings
Freeze Warnings in California, 2024
55 freeze warnings in 2024. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of freeze warnings reaches back to 2005.
Freeze Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Freeze Warnings
- 55
- Busiest month
- November17 freeze warnings
- Busiest day
- January 7, 20246 freeze warnings
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Pacific Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 8:20 PM PST | Freeze Warning | LOX | Ventura | 13 hr |
| Jan 5, 11:00 AM PST | Freeze Warning | LOX | Los Angeles, Ventura | 23 hr |
| Jan 6, 2:25 PM PST | Freeze Warning | MTR | Monterey, San Benito | 44 hr |
| Jan 6, 11:37 PM PST | Freeze Warning | HNX | Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced and 1 more | 56 hr |
| Jan 7, 1:01 AM PST | Freeze Warning | PSR | Imperial, Riverside | 55 hr |
| Jan 7, 10:38 AM PST | Freeze Warning | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino | 22 hr |
| Jan 7, 10:38 AM PST | Freeze Warning | SGX | Riverside, San Bernardino | 46 hr |
| Jan 7, 1:10 PM PST | Freeze Warning | VEF | San Bernardino | 43 hr |
| Jan 7, 1:47 PM PST | Freeze Warning | LOX | Santa Barbara, Ventura | 20 hr |
| Jan 8, 9:40 AM PST | Freeze Warning | LOX | Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 24 hr |
| Jan 9, 12:08 AM PST | Freeze Warning | PSR | Imperial, Riverside | 32 hr |
| Jan 9, 9:48 AM PST | Freeze Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 24 hr |
| Jan 11, 1:15 AM PST | Freeze Warning | HNX | Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced and 1 more | 31 hr |
| Jan 12, 10:19 AM PST | Freeze Warning | HNX | Kern, Kings, Tulare | 22 hr |
| Mar 12, 5:16 AM PDT | Freeze Warning | EKA | Lake, Mendocino | 28 hr |
| Apr 5, 1:41 PM PDT | Freeze Warning | EKA | Mendocino | 20 hr |
| Apr 5, 6:38 PM PDT | Freeze Warning | LOX | Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | 13 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:13 PM PDT | Freeze Warning | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt, Trinity | 20 hr |
| May 4, 3:51 AM PDT | Freeze Warning | MFR | Siskiyou | 28 hr |
| May 5, 8:21 AM PDT | Freeze Warning | MFR | Siskiyou | 23 hr |
| May 7, 12:36 PM PDT | Freeze Warning | MFR | Siskiyou | 20 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:04 AM PDT | Freeze Warning | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 30 hr |
| Jun 16, 1:47 PM PDT | Freeze Warning | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 18 hr |
| Jun 17, 10:39 AM PDT | Freeze Warning | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 21 hr |
| Oct 16, 2:30 PM PDT | Freeze Warning | REV | Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Sierra | 43 hr |
| Oct 17, 1:02 AM PDT | Freeze Warning | VEF | 32 hr | |
| Oct 17, 10:41 AM PDT | Freeze Warning | MFR | Siskiyou | 22 hr |
| Oct 17, 11:30 AM PDT | Freeze Warning | EKA | Humboldt, Mendocino, Trinity | 23 hr |
| Oct 23, 2:51 AM PDT | Freeze Warning | MFR | Siskiyou | 31 hr |
| Oct 23, 10:22 AM PDT | Freeze Warning | EKA | Mendocino | 23 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:01 AM PDT | Freeze Warning | EKA | Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino | 31 hr |
| Oct 28, 8:58 PM PDT | Freeze Warning | MFR | Siskiyou | 12 hr |
| Oct 31, 6:23 PM PDT | Freeze Warning | LOX | Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo | 15 hr |
| Nov 4, 10:48 PM PST | Freeze Warning | LOX | San Luis Obispo | 10 hr |
| Nov 5, 11:34 PM PST | Freeze Warning | VEF | Inyo | 32 hr |
| Nov 6, 12:07 AM PST | Freeze Warning | PSR | San Bernardino | 32 hr |
| Nov 6, 9:31 PM PST | Freeze Warning | LOX | Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | 11 hr |
| Nov 7, 11:15 PM PST | Freeze Warning | LOX | Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara | 10 hr |
| Nov 8, 1:10 PM PST | Freeze Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 20 hr |
| Nov 14, 10:13 AM PST | Freeze Warning | MTR | Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, Sonoma | 46 hr |
| Nov 15, 2:49 AM PST | Freeze Warning | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino | 29 hr |
| Nov 16, 1:08 AM PST | Freeze Warning | HNX | Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced and 1 more | 31 hr |
| Nov 16, 7:55 AM PST | Freeze Warning | MTR | Monterey, San Benito | 24 hr |
| Nov 16, 1:13 PM PST | Freeze Warning | LOX | Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 20 hr |
| Nov 17, 11:32 PM PST | Freeze Warning | MTR | Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, Sonoma | 32 hr |
| Nov 18, 12:56 AM PST | Freeze Warning | HNX | Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced and 1 more | 33 hr |
| Nov 18, 1:10 AM PST | Freeze Warning | STO | 33 hr | |
| Nov 18, 1:43 PM PST | Freeze Warning | LOX | Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 19 hr |
| Nov 27, 9:33 PM PST | Freeze Warning | EKA | Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino | 11 hr |
| Dec 9, 12:26 PM PST | Freeze Warning | MTR | Monterey | 21 hr |
| Dec 9, 10:47 PM PST | Freeze Warning | PSR | Imperial, Riverside | 33 hr |
| Dec 10, 12:24 PM PST | Freeze Warning | HNX | Kern, Kings, Tulare | 20 hr |
| Dec 10, 8:49 PM PST | Freeze Warning | LOX | Ventura | 12 hr |
| Dec 11, 9:16 PM PST | Freeze Warning | LOX | Los Angeles | 12 hr |
| Dec 29, 2:05 PM PST | Freeze Warning | MTR | Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, Santa Clara, Sonoma | 44 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Los Angeles County11
- Siskiyou County9
- Ventura County7
- Santa Barbara County7
- Mendocino County7
- Monterey County6
- Kern County6
- Kings County6
- Tulare County6
- San Luis Obispo County6
- San Benito County5
- Riverside County5
- Humboldt County5
- Fresno County4
- Madera County4
- Mariposa County4
- Merced County4
- San Bernardino County4
- Modoc County4
- Imperial County3
- Del Norte County3
- Marin County3
- Napa County3
- Sonoma County3
- Lake County2
- Trinity County2
- Lassen County1
- Plumas County1
- Sierra County1
- Inyo County1
- Santa Clara County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.