Freeze Watches in Colorado
292 freeze watches 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 watches reaches back to 2005.
Freeze Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Freeze Watches
- 292
- Busiest year
- 202624 freeze watches
- Average year
- 13over 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 County131
- Mesa County109
- Montrose County88
- Gunnison County83
- Delta County79
- Dolores County71
- San Miguel County71
- Moffat County67
- Rio Blanco County67
- Montezuma County62
- Routt County54
- Eagle County49
- Pitkin County49
- El Paso County44
- La Plata County43
- Las Animas County38
- Kiowa County38
- Pueblo County37
- Crowley County37
- Otero County37
- Prowers County35
- Archuleta County35
- Huerfano County34
- Bent County34
- Baca County33
- Custer County32
- Fremont County32
- Teller County32
- Rio Grande County26
- Alamosa County25
- Conejos County25
- Costilla County25
- Saguache County25
- Cheyenne County25
- Kit Carson County25
- Yuma County25
- Arapahoe County23
- Elbert County23
- Weld County22
- Douglas County22
The latest freeze watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 10:13 PM MDT | Freeze Watch | GJT | Garfield, Moffat, Rio Blanco, Routt | 24 hr |
| May 17, 1:06 PM MDT | Freeze Watch | PUB | El Paso, Kiowa | 22 hr |
| May 17, 11:53 AM MDT | Freeze Watch | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and 10 more | 24 hr |
| May 17, 11:50 AM MDT | Freeze Watch | GJT | Garfield, Moffat, Rio Blanco, Routt | 10 hr |
| May 17, 11:10 AM MDT | Freeze Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 24 hr |
| May 5, 4:18 AM MDT | Freeze Watch | GJT | Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 9 more | 18 hr |
| May 4, 10:21 PM MDT | Freeze Watch | GJT | Garfield, Moffat, Rio Blanco, Routt | 13 hr |
| May 4, 1:09 PM MDT | Freeze Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 45 hr |
| May 4, 12:59 PM MDT | Freeze Watch | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and 10 more | 23 hr |
| May 4, 12:39 PM MDT | Freeze Watch | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 7 more | 23 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:15 PM MDT | Freeze Watch | GJT | Eagle, Garfield, Moffat, Pitkin, Rio Blanco, Routt | 21 hr |
| Apr 17, 11:06 AM MDT | Freeze Watch | GJT | Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison and 9 more | 23 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.