Winter Storm Watches in Illinois
319 winter storm watches 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 winter storm watches reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 319
- Busiest year
- 200839 winter storm watches
- Average year
- 15over 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.
- Jo Daviess County71
- Carroll County69
- Stephenson County68
- Whiteside County65
- Rock Island County60
- Boone County59
- Winnebago County59
- Henry County57
- Lake County57
- McHenry County57
- Ogle County56
- Bureau County54
- Putnam County53
- Lee County52
- Mercer County52
- DeKalb County51
- Kane County50
- DuPage County46
- Henderson County46
- Kendall County46
- LaSalle County45
- Warren County45
- Grundy County42
- Hancock County42
- McDonough County41
- Marshall County40
- Stark County40
- Knox County38
- Adams County37
- Peoria County37
- Schuyler County37
- Brown County36
- Fulton County36
- Kankakee County36
- Pike County36
- Calhoun County33
- Livingston County33
- Woodford County33
- Jersey County32
- Macoupin County32
62 more counties
- Madison County32
- Monroe County32
- Saint Clair County32
- Tazewell County32
- Union County32
- Greene County31
- Iroquois County31
- McLean County31
- Mason County31
- Montgomery County31
- Cass County30
- Edgar County30
- Ford County30
- Jackson County30
- Jefferson County30
- Menard County30
- Morgan County30
- Perry County30
- Scott County30
- Wayne County30
- Gallatin County30
- Hardin County30
- Johnson County30
- Saline County30
- Williamson County30
- Bond County29
- Douglas County29
- Fayette County29
- Franklin County29
- Macon County29
- Randolph County29
- Pope County29
- Champaign County28
- Clinton County28
- Coles County28
- Logan County28
- Marion County28
- Piatt County28
- Sangamon County28
- Vermilion County28
- Edwards County28
- Hamilton County28
- Wabash County28
- White County28
- Christian County27
- Moultrie County27
- Washington County27
- Alexander County27
- Massac County27
- Pulaski County27
- DeWitt County26
- Shelby County26
- Clark County25
- Clay County24
- Crawford County24
- Cumberland County24
- Effingham County24
- Jasper County24
- Lawrence County24
- Richland County24
- Cook County13
- Will County10
The latest winter storm watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 2:03 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | LOT | Boone, Lee, Ogle, Winnebago | 31 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:55 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Henry, Jo Daviess, Mercer, Putnam and 3 more | 56 hr |
| Jan 29, 2:58 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LOT | Cook | 35 hr |
| Jan 22, 1:15 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LSX | Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Montgomery, Pike | 13 hr |
| Jan 21, 1:39 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ILX | Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 15 more | 37 hr |
| Jan 21, 2:46 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 33 hr |
| Jan 21, 2:42 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Madison, Marion, Monroe and 3 more | 35 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.