Alert archive / Fire Weather Watches
Fire Weather Watches in the United States, 2024
658 fire weather watches in 2024. Each alert counts once, however many counties it covered. The archive of fire weather watches reaches back to 2005.
Fire Weather Watches by state
Each state shaded by its count. Tap a state for its own archive.
- Fire Weather Watches
- 658
- Busiest month
- April107 fire weather watches
- Busiest day
- October 15, 202423 fire weather watches
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.
- Texas99
- Colorado86
- Nebraska74
- New Mexico69
- Wyoming64
- California55
- Kansas53
- Oregon46
- South Dakota46
- Minnesota33
- Oklahoma32
- Iowa29
- Nevada28
- Montana26
- Washington24
- Utah18
- Idaho16
- Guam16
- North Dakota15
- Pennsylvania6
- Illinois6
- Arizona6
- Michigan3
- Virginia3
- Indiana3
- Missouri3
- Alaska2
- New Jersey2
- New York2
- Hawaii1
- Florida1
- Maryland1
- West Virginia1
- Louisiana1
- District of Columbia1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.