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Winter Storm Watches in Illinois, 2025
16 winter storm 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 winter storm watches reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 16
- Busiest month
- February6 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- February 10, 20254 winter storm 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 2:18 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 35 hr |
| Jan 2, 2:26 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 27 more | 36 hr |
| Jan 2, 2:29 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LSX | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette and 11 more | 23 hr |
| Jan 3, 2:09 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Warren | 24 hr |
| Feb 10, 2:14 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 7 more | 35 hr |
| Feb 10, 2:57 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LSX | Adams, Brown, Pike | 24 hr |
| Feb 10, 1:15 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LOT | Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane and 10 more | 22 hr |
| Feb 10, 1:38 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Knox, Logan, McLean, Marshall and 9 more | 14 hr |
| Feb 16, 1:33 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 16, 1:42 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LSX | Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Madison, Marion, Monroe and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Nov 8, 2:27 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LOT | Cook, Will | 24 hr |
| Nov 9, 2:24 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LOT | Lake | 11 hr |
| Nov 27, 2:31 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Bureau, Carroll, Hancock, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess and 7 more | 24 hr |
| Nov 27, 2:40 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles, Cumberland and 24 more | 34 hr |
| Nov 27, 3:07 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LOT | Boone, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Grundy and 12 more | 32 hr |
| Nov 27, 3:25 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LSX | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Fayette, Greene and 5 more | 23 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cass County3
- Fulton County3
- Knox County3
- Logan County3
- McLean County3
- Mason County3
- Menard County3
- Morgan County3
- Peoria County3
- Schuyler County3
- Scott County3
- Tazewell County3
- Woodford County3
- Adams County3
- Bond County3
- Brown County3
- Calhoun County3
- Madison County3
- Pike County3
- Hancock County3
- Henderson County3
- McDonough County3
- Warren County3
- Cook County3
- Lake County3
- Will County3
- Alexander County2
- Edwards County2
- Franklin County2
- Gallatin County2
- Hamilton County2
- Hardin County2
- Jackson County2
- Jefferson County2
- Johnson County2
- Massac County2
- Perry County2
- Pope County2
- Pulaski County2
- Saline County2
62 more counties
- Union County2
- Wabash County2
- Wayne County2
- White County2
- Williamson County2
- Champaign County2
- Christian County2
- Clark County2
- Coles County2
- Cumberland County2
- DeWitt County2
- Douglas County2
- Edgar County2
- Effingham County2
- Macon County2
- Moultrie County2
- Piatt County2
- Sangamon County2
- Shelby County2
- Vermilion County2
- Clinton County2
- Fayette County2
- Greene County2
- Jersey County2
- Macoupin County2
- Marion County2
- Monroe County2
- Montgomery County2
- Randolph County2
- Saint Clair County2
- Washington County2
- Bureau County2
- Carroll County2
- Henry County2
- Jo Daviess County2
- Mercer County2
- Putnam County2
- Rock Island County2
- Stephenson County2
- Whiteside County2
- Boone County2
- DeKalb County2
- DuPage County2
- Grundy County2
- Kane County2
- Kankakee County2
- Kendall County2
- LaSalle County2
- Lee County2
- Livingston County2
- McHenry County2
- Ogle County2
- Winnebago County2
- Marshall County2
- Stark County2
- Clay County1
- Crawford County1
- Jasper County1
- Lawrence County1
- Richland County1
- Ford County1
- Iroquois 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.