Alert archive / Fire Weather Watches / 2026
Fire Weather Watches in the United States, August 2026
37 fire weather watches in August 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 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
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- Busiest day
- August 20, 20266 fire weather watches
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.
- Colorado160
- Texas98
- Nebraska87
- New Mexico75
- Kansas68
- Wyoming47
- Oklahoma46
- South Dakota31
- Utah31
- Oregon31
- Montana31
- California30
- Minnesota28
- Washington27
- Nevada25
- Idaho21
- Florida19
- Georgia18
- Arizona15
- Iowa14
- North Dakota11
- Alabama7
- Illinois6
- Louisiana4
- South Carolina4
- Missouri4
- Alaska3
- Mississippi3
- Wisconsin3
- Arkansas3
- Michigan2
- New York1
- North Carolina1
- Vermont1
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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.