Alert archive / Cold Weather Advisories
Cold Weather Advisories in the United States, 2026
514 cold weather advisories in 2026. Each alert counts once, however many counties it covered. The last few weeks are still filling in as offices finish their follow-ups. The archive of cold weather advisories reaches back to 2005.
Cold Weather Advisories by state
Each state shaded by its count. Tap a state for its own archive.
- Cold Weather Advisories
- 514
- Busiest month
- January378 cold weather advisories
- Busiest day
- January 22, 202644 cold weather advisories
Over time
By month
By state
Every state and territory, with the alerts that covered any part of it. Each state’s page lists every one of them.
- Florida59
- North Carolina41
- Ohio38
- Pennsylvania38
- West Virginia38
- Virginia36
- Alaska34
- Indiana33
- New York32
- Michigan27
- Kentucky26
- Minnesota26
- Texas25
- Maryland24
- Georgia22
- California20
- Maine18
- Illinois18
- North Dakota17
- Nebraska17
- Iowa17
- Wisconsin16
- Alabama15
- Missouri15
- South Dakota13
- Connecticut13
- Montana12
- Tennessee12
- Kansas11
- Massachusetts10
- New Mexico10
- South Carolina10
- District of Columbia10
- Washington9
- New Jersey9
- Louisiana7
- Mississippi7
- New Hampshire7
- Colorado6
- Arkansas6
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. Rebuilt daily.