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Extreme Cold Warnings in the United States, 2026

144 extreme cold warnings 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 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
144
Busiest month
January122 extreme cold warnings
Busiest day
January 22, 202625 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.

2 more states

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. January 22, 202625extreme cold warnings
  2. January 30, 202616extreme cold warnings
  3. January 26, 202614extreme cold warnings
  4. January 25, 202611extreme cold warnings
  5. February 6, 202610extreme cold warnings
  6. January 23, 20269extreme cold warnings
  7. January 29, 20269extreme cold warnings
  8. January 24, 20268extreme cold warnings
  9. January 31, 20268extreme cold warnings
  10. January 21, 20267extreme cold warnings
  11. February 5, 20265extreme cold warnings
  12. January 19, 20264extreme cold warnings
  13. January 27, 20263extreme cold warnings
  14. January 20, 20262extreme cold warnings
  15. February 8, 20262extreme cold warnings

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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.