Alert archive / Illinois / Freeze Watches
Freeze Watches in Illinois, 2026
3 freeze 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 freeze watches reaches back to 2005.
Freeze Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Freeze Watches
- 3
- Busiest month
- April3 freeze watches
- Busiest day
- April 18, 20262 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 5, 1:04 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | ILX | Champaign, DeWitt, Fulton, Logan, McLean, Mason and 5 more | 25 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:29 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | LOT | Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy and 12 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:48 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | ILX | Champaign, DeWitt, Fulton, Knox, Logan, McLean and 8 more | 12 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Champaign County2
- DeWitt County2
- Fulton County2
- Logan County2
- McLean County2
- Mason County2
- Peoria County2
- Piatt County2
- Tazewell County2
- Vermilion County2
- Woodford County2
- Boone County1
- Cook County1
- DeKalb County1
- DuPage County1
- Ford County1
- Grundy County1
- Iroquois County1
- Kane County1
- Kankakee County1
- Kendall County1
- Lake County1
- LaSalle County1
- Lee County1
- Livingston County1
- McHenry County1
- Ogle County1
- Will County1
- Winnebago County1
- Knox County1
- Marshall County1
- Stark County1
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.