Alert archive / Illinois / Fire Weather Watches
Fire Weather Watches in Illinois, 2026
6 fire weather watches in 2026. 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 fire weather watches reaches back to 2005.
Fire Weather Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Fire Weather Watches
- 6
- Busiest month
- February6 fire weather watches
- Busiest day
- February 17, 20263 fire weather watches
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 1:45 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | LOT | Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane and 8 more | 11 hr |
| Feb 17, 1:47 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | ILX | Knox, Marshall, Stark | 11 hr |
| Feb 17, 2:31 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess, Mercer and 5 more | 10 hr |
| Feb 26, 1:46 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | DVN | Bureau, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, McDonough, Mercer and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 26, 1:51 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Knox, Marshall, Mason, Menard and 7 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 26, 2:05 PM CST | Fire Weather Watch | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 10 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Knox County2
- Marshall County2
- Stark County2
- Bureau County2
- Henderson County2
- Henry County2
- Mercer County2
- Putnam County2
- Rock Island County2
- Warren County2
- Whiteside County2
- Boone County1
- Cook County1
- DeKalb County1
- DuPage County1
- Grundy County1
- Kane County1
- Kendall County1
- Lake County1
- LaSalle County1
- Lee County1
- McHenry County1
- Ogle County1
- Will County1
- Winnebago County1
- Carroll County1
- Jo Daviess County1
- Stephenson County1
- Hancock County1
- McDonough County1
- Cass County1
- Fulton County1
- Mason County1
- Menard County1
- Morgan County1
- Peoria County1
- Schuyler County1
- Scott County1
- Tazewell County1
- Woodford County1
3 more counties
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.