Freeze Warnings in Illinois
365 freeze warnings 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 warnings reaches back to 2005.
Freeze Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Freeze Warnings
- 365
- Busiest year
- 201238 freeze warnings
- Average year
- 17over 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.
- Edgar County60
- Hamilton County60
- Wayne County60
- Douglas County59
- Edwards County59
- Jefferson County59
- Effingham County58
- Jasper County58
- Richland County58
- Schuyler County58
- Vermilion County58
- Wabash County58
- Champaign County57
- Clay County57
- Crawford County57
- Lawrence County57
- Mason County57
- White County57
- Brown County56
- Clinton County56
- Coles County56
- Franklin County56
- Woodford County56
- Adams County55
- Fayette County55
- Marion County55
- Washington County55
- Clark County55
- Cumberland County55
- Marshall County55
- Peoria County55
- Piatt County55
- Saline County55
- DeWitt County54
- Monroe County54
- Pike County54
- Randolph County54
- Jackson County54
- Moultrie County54
- Perry County54
62 more counties
- Tazewell County54
- Bond County53
- Calhoun County53
- McLean County53
- Saint Clair County53
- Fulton County53
- Jo Daviess County53
- Knox County53
- Stark County53
- Williamson County53
- Jersey County52
- Madison County52
- Gallatin County52
- Stephenson County52
- Christian County51
- Cass County51
- Shelby County51
- Hardin County51
- Logan County50
- Macon County50
- Montgomery County50
- Carroll County50
- Morgan County50
- Scott County50
- Union County50
- Macoupin County49
- Sangamon County49
- Menard County49
- Greene County48
- Johnson County48
- Whiteside County47
- Alexander County47
- Pope County47
- Pulaski County46
- Boone County45
- DeKalb County45
- Lee County45
- Ogle County45
- Winnebago County45
- Massac County45
- Kane County44
- McHenry County44
- Rock Island County43
- Henderson County42
- Warren County41
- McDonough County40
- Mercer County40
- Bureau County40
- Henry County40
- Putnam County40
- Hancock County39
- Kendall County39
- LaSalle County37
- Grundy County35
- Lake County35
- DuPage County32
- Livingston County32
- Kankakee County30
- Ford County28
- Iroquois County28
- Cook County15
- Will County15
The latest freeze warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 2:10 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 7 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 19, 1:52 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | LOT | Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy and 12 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 19, 1:28 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | ILX | Champaign, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar, Fulton, Knox and 10 more | 31 hr |
| Apr 6, 2:25 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | ILX | Champaign, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar, McLean, Peoria and 4 more | 18 hr |
| Mar 27, 11:40 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | LSX | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette and 11 more | 21 hr |
| Mar 27, 1:41 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 31 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.