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Freeze Watches in Illinois, 2025

6 freeze watches in 2025. 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.

Freeze Watches
6
Busiest month
April3 freeze watches
Busiest day
April 6, 20253 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 1:21 AM CDTFreeze WatchPAHAlexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more24 hr
Apr 6, 2:11 AM CDTFreeze WatchILXCass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 21 more24 hr
Apr 6, 2:24 AM CDTFreeze WatchLSXAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette and 11 more23 hr
Oct 22, 2:08 PM CDTFreeze WatchILXCass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more12 hr
Oct 31, 2:16 AM CDTFreeze WatchLSXAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette and 11 more36 hr
Oct 31, 1:26 PM CDTFreeze WatchPAHAlexander, Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson and 6 more24 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

31 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

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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.