Freeze Watches in Florida
730 freeze watches since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of freeze watches reaches back to 2005.
Freeze Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Freeze Watches
- 730
- Busiest year
- 2010112 freeze watches
- Average year
- 33over 22 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Suwannee County203
- Baker County196
- Gilchrist County193
- Union County189
- Nassau County178
- Bradford County175
- Sumter County109
- Walton County94
- Holmes County89
- Jackson County86
- Washington County85
- Gadsden County83
- Jefferson County83
- Leon County82
- Calhoun County81
- Madison County76
- Taylor County76
- Wakulla County76
- Dixie County75
- Flagler County75
- Bay County71
- Lafayette County71
- Levy County68
- Volusia County67
- Lake County65
- Franklin County64
- Duval County63
- Gulf County62
- Glades County59
- Citrus County56
- Alachua County55
- Polk County54
- Hendry County50
- Hardee County47
- Hernando County47
- Clay County47
- Orange County46
- Seminole County46
- Highlands County45
- Osceola County45
27 more counties
- DeSoto County42
- Okeechobee County42
- Collier County40
- Palm Beach County38
- Columbia County38
- Hamilton County38
- Putnam County35
- Marion County33
- Pasco County31
- Broward County24
- Hillsborough County21
- Miami-Dade County20
- Escambia County19
- Okaloosa County19
- Santa Rosa County19
- Manatee County15
- Monroe County13
- Pinellas County10
- Charlotte County8
- Saint Johns County8
- Sarasota County6
- Brevard County5
- Liberty County5
- Lee County4
- Indian River County4
- Saint Lucie County3
- Martin County1
The latest freeze watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 1:38 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | JAX | Baker, Columbia, Duval, Hamilton, Nassau, Suwannee and 1 more | 23 hr |
| Feb 23, 12:57 AM EST | Freeze Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 11 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 22, 1:30 AM EST | Freeze Watch | MLB | Brevard, Indian River, Lake, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola and 3 more | 23 hr |
| Feb 22, 1:23 AM EST | Freeze Watch | MFL | Collier, Glades, Hendry | 23 hr |
| Feb 22, 1:07 AM EST | Freeze Watch | TBW | Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 6 more | 23 hr |
| Feb 22, 12:42 AM EST | Freeze Watch | JAX | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 9 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 6, 12:02 PM EST | Freeze Watch | JAX | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 5 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 4, 12:25 PM EST | Freeze Watch | JAX | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval and 7 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 4, 12:20 PM EST | Freeze Watch | TBW | Citrus, Levy | 13 hr |
| Jan 29, 4:29 PM EST | Freeze Watch | MFL | Broward, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach | 20 hr |
| Jan 29, 11:46 AM EST | Freeze Watch | TBW | Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 7 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 29, 11:19 AM EST | Freeze Watch | MLB | Brevard, Indian River, Lake, Martin, Okeechobee, Orange and 4 more | 24 hr |
Nearby
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.