Alert archive / Freeze Watches

Freeze Watches in the United States, 2026

194 freeze watches 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 freeze watches reaches back to 2005.

Freeze Watches by state

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

AKMEVTNHWAIDMTNDMNILWIMINYRIMAORNVWYSDIAINOHPANJCTCAUTCONEMOKYWVVAMDDEAZNMKSARTNNCSCDCOKLAMSALGAHITXFLPR
Freeze Watches
194
Busiest month
April85 freeze watches
Busiest day
April 15, 202615 freeze 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.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. April 15, 202615freeze watches
  2. April 18, 202615freeze watches
  3. April 19, 202610freeze watches
  4. March 15, 20268freeze watches
  5. May 1, 20267freeze watches
  6. April 6, 20266freeze watches
  7. January 14, 20265freeze watches
  8. January 29, 20265freeze watches
  9. May 4, 20265freeze watches
  10. May 17, 20265freeze watches
  11. January 17, 20264freeze watches
  12. January 25, 20264freeze watches
  13. January 27, 20264freeze watches
  14. January 30, 20264freeze watches
  15. February 22, 20264freeze watches

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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.