Alert archive / Dust Storm Warnings / 2026

Dust Storm Warnings in the United States, May 2026

33 dust storm warnings in May 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 dust storm warnings reaches back to 2005.

Dust Storm Warnings by state

Each state shaded by its count. Tap a state for its own archive.

AKMEVTNHWAIDMTNDMNILWIMINYRIMAORNVWYSDIAINOHPANJCTCAUTCONEMOKYWVVAMDDEAZNMKSARTNNCSCDCOKLAMSALGAHITXFLPR
Dust Storm Warnings
33
Busiest day
May 17, 20267 dust storm warnings

Over time

By day

Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.

By state

Every state and territory, with the alerts that covered any part of it. Each state’s page lists every one of them.

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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.