Alert archive / Extreme Cold Warnings

Extreme Cold Warnings in the United States, 2025

165 extreme cold warnings in 2025. Each alert counts once, however many counties it covered. The archive of extreme cold warnings reaches back to 2005.

Extreme Cold Warnings by state

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

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Extreme Cold Warnings
165
Busiest month
February79 extreme cold warnings
Busiest day
January 20, 202524 extreme cold warnings

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.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

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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.