Alert archive / Illinois / Freeze Watches
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 1:21 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 6, 2:11 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 21 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 6, 2:24 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | LSX | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette and 11 more | 23 hr |
| Oct 22, 2:08 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more | 12 hr |
| Oct 31, 2:16 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | LSX | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette and 11 more | 36 hr |
| Oct 31, 1:26 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | PAH | Alexander, Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson and 6 more | 24 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Alexander County2
- Franklin County2
- Hamilton County2
- Jackson County2
- Jefferson County2
- Johnson County2
- Perry County2
- Pulaski County2
- Saline County2
- Union County2
- Wayne County2
- Williamson County2
- Cass County2
- Champaign County2
- Christian County2
- Clark County2
- Clay County2
- Coles County2
- Crawford County2
- Cumberland County2
- DeWitt County2
- Douglas County2
- Edgar County2
- Effingham County2
- Jasper County2
- Lawrence County2
- Logan County2
- Macon County2
- Mason County2
- Menard County2
- Morgan County2
- Moultrie County2
- Piatt County2
- Richland County2
- Sangamon County2
- Schuyler County2
- Scott County2
- Shelby County2
- Vermilion County2
- Adams County2
31 more counties
- Bond County2
- Brown County2
- Calhoun County2
- Clinton County2
- Fayette County2
- Greene County2
- Jersey County2
- Macoupin County2
- Madison County2
- Marion County2
- Monroe County2
- Montgomery County2
- Pike County2
- Randolph County2
- Saint Clair County2
- Washington County2
- Edwards County1
- Gallatin County1
- Hardin County1
- Massac County1
- Pope County1
- Wabash County1
- White County1
- Fulton County1
- Knox County1
- McLean County1
- Marshall County1
- Peoria County1
- Stark County1
- Tazewell County1
- Woodford County1
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.