Freeze Warnings in Colorado
528 freeze warnings since 1986. 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 since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Freeze Warnings
- 528
- Busiest year
- 201438 freeze warnings
- Average year
- 24over 22 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Garfield County212
- Mesa County176
- Montrose County144
- Gunnison County137
- Dolores County127
- San Miguel County127
- Delta County122
- Moffat County110
- Rio Blanco County110
- Montezuma County109
- Routt County88
- El Paso County80
- La Plata County77
- Pitkin County75
- Eagle County75
- Pueblo County69
- Las Animas County66
- Archuleta County64
- Arapahoe County63
- Crowley County63
- Huerfano County62
- Otero County62
- Weld County60
- Douglas County60
- Adams County59
- Bent County59
- Prowers County59
- Larimer County58
- Kiowa County58
- Elbert County55
- Boulder County55
- Broomfield County55
- Jefferson County55
- Custer County55
- Fremont County55
- Teller County55
- Baca County54
- Rio Grande County53
- Denver County53
- Saguache County51
The latest freeze warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 11:53 AM MDT | Freeze Warning | GJT | Moffat, Rio Blanco, Routt | 22 hr |
| May 18, 9:43 PM MDT | Freeze Warning | GJT | Garfield, Moffat, Rio Blanco, Routt | 35 hr |
| May 18, 11:36 AM MDT | Freeze Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert | 20 hr |
| May 18, 11:30 AM MDT | Freeze Warning | PUB | El Paso | 21 hr |
| May 17, 10:13 PM MDT | Freeze Warning | GJT | Garfield, Moffat, Rio Blanco, Routt | 35 hr |
| May 5, 10:47 PM MDT | Freeze Warning | GJT | Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 9 more | 34 hr |
| May 5, 12:06 PM MDT | Freeze Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 7 more | 44 hr |
| May 5, 11:50 AM MDT | Freeze Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 43 hr |
| May 5, 11:31 AM MDT | Freeze Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and 10 more | 44 hr |
| May 5, 11:00 AM MDT | Freeze Warning | GJT | Garfield, Moffat, Rio Blanco, Routt | 22 hr |
| May 1, 10:43 AM MDT | Freeze Warning | GJT | Archuleta, Eagle, Garfield, La Plata, Moffat, Pitkin and 2 more | 22 hr |
| Apr 30, 10:33 AM MDT | Freeze Warning | GJT | Archuleta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, La Plata, Moffat and 5 more | 22 hr |
Nearby
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.