Alert archive / Hurricane Watches
Hurricane Watches in the United States, 2026
3 hurricane 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 hurricane watches reaches back to 2005.
Hurricane Watches by state
Each state shaded by its count. Tap a state for its own archive.
- Hurricane Watches
- 3
- Busiest month
- September2 hurricane watches
- Busiest day
- August 13, 20261 hurricane 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.
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.