Alert archive / California / Freeze Warnings
Freeze Warnings in California, 2025
47 freeze warnings in 2025. 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Freeze Warnings
- 47
- Busiest month
- January22 freeze warnings
- Busiest day
- January 21, 20254 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 8, 9:43 AM PST | Freeze Warning | HNX | Kern, Kings, Tulare | 23 hr |
| Jan 11, 12:31 PM PST | Freeze Warning | HNX | Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, Tulare | 4 days |
| Jan 12, 12:54 PM PST | Freeze Warning | LOX | Ventura | 20 hr |
| Jan 13, 11:59 AM PST | Freeze Warning | LOX | Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 21 hr |
| Jan 14, 12:07 PM PST | Freeze Warning | LOX | Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 21 hr |
| Jan 16, 1:27 PM PST | Freeze Warning | LOX | Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 20 hr |
| Jan 17, 1:09 PM PST | Freeze Warning | LOX | San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 14 hr |
| Jan 19, 1:31 PM PST | Freeze Warning | MTR | Monterey, San Benito | 19 hr |
| Jan 20, 10:46 AM PST | Freeze Warning | LOX | Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 22 hr |
| Jan 20, 11:29 AM PST | Freeze Warning | MTR | Monterey | 22 hr |
| Jan 20, 11:54 AM PST | Freeze Warning | HNX | Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced and 1 more | 45 hr |
| Jan 21, 1:41 AM PST | Freeze Warning | LOX | Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 11 hr |
| Jan 21, 2:26 AM PST | Freeze Warning | PSR | Imperial, Riverside | 30 hr |
| Jan 21, 11:26 AM PST | Freeze Warning | MTR | Marin, Monterey, Napa, Sonoma | 23 hr |
| Jan 21, 1:11 PM PST | Freeze Warning | LOX | Los Angeles, Ventura | 20 hr |
| Jan 23, 2:58 AM PST | Freeze Warning | LOX | Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 30 hr |
| Jan 26, 10:45 AM PST | Freeze Warning | MTR | Monterey, San Benito, Santa Clara | 22 hr |
| Jan 27, 3:15 AM PST | Freeze Warning | LOX | Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura | 30 hr |
| Jan 27, 10:41 AM PST | Freeze Warning | HNX | Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced and 1 more | 70 hr |
| Jan 27, 11:57 AM PST | Freeze Warning | MTR | Monterey, San Benito, Santa Clara | 21 hr |
| Jan 28, 10:33 AM PST | Freeze Warning | MTR | Monterey, San Benito, Santa Clara | 22 hr |
| Jan 28, 1:56 PM PST | Freeze Warning | LOX | Los Angeles, Ventura | 19 hr |
| Feb 7, 12:25 AM PST | Freeze Warning | MTR | Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, Santa Clara, Sonoma | 33 hr |
| Feb 7, 10:54 AM PST | Freeze Warning | HNX | Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced and 1 more | 4 days |
| Feb 7, 11:21 PM PST | Freeze Warning | MTR | Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito and 2 more | 34 hr |
| Feb 8, 11:25 PM PST | Freeze Warning | MTR | Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito and 2 more | 34 hr |
| Feb 9, 11:49 PM PST | Freeze Warning | MTR | Monterey, San Benito | 33 hr |
| Feb 10, 8:30 AM PST | Freeze Warning | STO | 21 hr | |
| Mar 6, 10:56 AM PST | Freeze Warning | EKA | Lake, Mendocino | 22 hr |
| Mar 7, 5:35 PM PST | Freeze Warning | HNX | Fresno, Kern, Kings, Tulare | 13 hr |
| Mar 8, 11:41 AM PST | Freeze Warning | EKA | Mendocino | 21 hr |
| Mar 17, 2:59 AM PDT | Freeze Warning | EKA | Lake, Mendocino | 30 hr |
| Mar 19, 9:49 PM PDT | Freeze Warning | EKA | Lake, Mendocino | 12 hr |
| Apr 1, 1:36 PM PDT | Freeze Warning | EKA | Lake, Mendocino | 19 hr |
| Apr 2, 3:26 AM PDT | Freeze Warning | EKA | Lake, Mendocino | 30 hr |
| Oct 3, 12:53 PM PDT | Freeze Warning | MFR | Modoc, Siskiyou | 20 hr |
| Oct 13, 11:55 PM PDT | Freeze Warning | VEF | 32 hr | |
| Oct 26, 10:11 AM PDT | Freeze Warning | MFR | Siskiyou | 22 hr |
| Oct 27, 10:00 AM PDT | Freeze Warning | EKA | Trinity | 21 hr |
| Nov 24, 9:41 PM PST | Freeze Warning | EKA | Lake, Mendocino, Trinity | 11 hr |
| Dec 1, 12:17 AM PST | Freeze Warning | VEF | Inyo | 32 hr |
| Dec 1, 10:52 AM PST | Freeze Warning | HNX | Kern | 22 hr |
| Dec 1, 11:59 AM PST | Freeze Warning | LOX | Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo | 20 hr |
| Dec 1, 11:59 AM PST | Freeze Warning | LOX | San Luis Obispo | 23 min |
| Dec 2, 12:01 PM PST | Freeze Warning | LOX | San Luis Obispo | 20 hr |
| Dec 3, 1:09 PM PST | Freeze Warning | LOX | Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo | 19 hr |
| Dec 4, 12:33 PM PST | Freeze Warning | LOX | Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo | 19 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Los Angeles County12
- Ventura County11
- Monterey County10
- San Luis Obispo County9
- Santa Barbara County8
- San Benito County8
- Kern County7
- Mendocino County7
- Kings County6
- Tulare County6
- Santa Clara County6
- Lake County6
- Fresno County5
- Madera County4
- Merced County4
- Marin County4
- Napa County4
- Sonoma County4
- Mariposa County3
- Alameda County2
- Contra Costa County2
- Siskiyou County2
- Trinity County2
- Imperial County1
- Riverside County1
- Modoc County1
- Inyo 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.