Alert archive / Illinois / Freeze Watches
Freeze Watches in Illinois, 2023
13 freeze watches in 2023. 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 in 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Freeze Watches
- 13
- Busiest month
- April11 freeze watches
- Busiest day
- April 21, 20233 freeze 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 3:11 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | LOT | Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall and 7 more | 13 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:17 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Henry, Jo Daviess, Putnam, Rock Island and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 21, 2:40 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Schuyler | 25 hr |
| Apr 21, 2:50 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 25 hr |
| Apr 21, 3:01 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 7 more | 48 hr |
| Apr 22, 1:56 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | LOT | Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy and 12 more | 13 hr |
| Apr 22, 2:30 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles, Crawford and 26 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 22, 2:45 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | LSX | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Fayette, Greene and 5 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 24, 2:15 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Henry, Jo Daviess, Putnam, Rock Island and 2 more | 23 hr |
| Apr 24, 2:30 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | LOT | Boone, DeKalb, Kane, Kendall, Lake, LaSalle and 4 more | 23 hr |
| Apr 25, 2:31 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | ILX | Marshall, Stark, Woodford | 11 hr |
| Oct 29, 3:02 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 23 hr |
| Oct 29, 3:04 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | ILX | Clark, Clay, Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland | 23 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Boone County3
- DeKalb County3
- Kane County3
- Kendall County3
- Lake County3
- LaSalle County3
- Lee County3
- McHenry County3
- Ogle County3
- Winnebago County3
- Bureau County3
- Carroll County3
- Henry County3
- Jo Daviess County3
- Putnam County3
- Rock Island County3
- Stephenson County3
- Whiteside County3
- Cook County2
- DuPage County2
- Will County2
- Fulton County2
- Knox County2
- Schuyler County2
- Adams County2
- Brown County2
- Pike County2
- Clark County2
- Crawford County2
- Jasper County2
- Marshall County2
- Stark County2
- Woodford County2
- Hancock County1
- Henderson County1
- McDonough County1
- Mercer County1
- Warren County1
- Ford County1
- Grundy County1
56 more counties
- Iroquois County1
- Kankakee County1
- Livingston County1
- Cass County1
- Champaign County1
- Christian County1
- Coles County1
- Cumberland County1
- DeWitt County1
- Douglas County1
- Edgar County1
- Effingham County1
- Logan County1
- McLean County1
- Macon County1
- Mason County1
- Menard County1
- Morgan County1
- Moultrie County1
- Peoria County1
- Piatt County1
- Sangamon County1
- Scott County1
- Shelby County1
- Tazewell County1
- Vermilion County1
- Bond County1
- Calhoun County1
- Fayette County1
- Greene County1
- Jersey County1
- Macoupin County1
- Madison County1
- Montgomery County1
- Alexander County1
- Edwards County1
- Franklin County1
- Gallatin County1
- Hamilton County1
- Hardin County1
- Jackson County1
- Jefferson County1
- Johnson County1
- Massac County1
- Perry County1
- Pope County1
- Pulaski County1
- Saline County1
- Union County1
- Wabash County1
- Wayne County1
- White County1
- Williamson County1
- Clay County1
- Lawrence County1
- Richland County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.