Cold Weather Advisories in Iowa
61 cold weather advisories 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 cold weather advisories reaches back to 2005.
Cold Weather Advisories by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Cold Weather Advisories
- 61
- Busiest year
- 202544 cold weather advisories
- Average year
- 31over 2 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.
- Clay County13
- Dickinson County13
- Emmet County13
- Hamilton County13
- Kossuth County13
- O'Brien County13
- Osceola County13
- Palo Alto County13
- Webster County13
- Boone County12
- Buena Vista County12
- Calhoun County12
- Cerro Gordo County12
- Franklin County12
- Greene County12
- Hancock County12
- Hardin County12
- Humboldt County12
- Lyon County12
- Muscatine County12
- Pocahontas County12
- Sac County12
- Scott County12
- Winnebago County12
- Worth County12
- Wright County12
- Benton County11
- Black Hawk County11
- Bremer County11
- Buchanan County11
- Butler County11
- Carroll County11
- Cedar County11
- Cherokee County11
- Clinton County11
- Delaware County11
- Des Moines County11
- Dubuque County11
- Grundy County11
- Jackson County11
59 more counties
- Jones County11
- Lee County11
- Linn County11
- Louisa County11
- Sioux County11
- Tama County11
- Adair County10
- Cass County10
- Chickasaw County10
- Dallas County10
- Floyd County10
- Guthrie County10
- Henry County10
- Howard County10
- Ida County10
- Iowa County10
- Jefferson County10
- Johnson County10
- Keokuk County10
- Marion County10
- Marshall County10
- Mitchell County10
- Plymouth County10
- Story County10
- Warren County10
- Washington County10
- Woodbury County10
- Appanoose County9
- Audubon County9
- Clarke County9
- Clayton County9
- Crawford County9
- Davis County9
- Fayette County9
- Jasper County9
- Lucas County9
- Madison County9
- Mahaska County9
- Monroe County9
- Polk County9
- Poweshiek County9
- Van Buren County9
- Wapello County9
- Wayne County9
- Winneshiek County9
- Allamakee County8
- Decatur County8
- Harrison County8
- Montgomery County8
- Pottawattamie County8
- Ringgold County8
- Shelby County8
- Union County8
- Adams County7
- Mills County7
- Monona County7
- Taylor County7
- Fremont County6
- Page County6
The latest cold weather advisories
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 8:21 PM CDT | Cold Weather Advisory | DMX | Adair, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass and 18 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:31 PM CDT | Cold Weather Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 20 hr |
| Mar 14, 11:18 PM CDT | Cold Weather Advisory | OAX | Harrison, Monona, Montgomery, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 35 hr |
| Jan 25, 2:13 AM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 32 hr |
| Jan 25, 2:04 AM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 31 hr |
| Jan 25, 1:52 AM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 31 hr |
| Jan 25, 1:48 AM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 34 hr |
| Jan 25, 1:32 AM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 34 hr |
| Jan 23, 2:17 AM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 31 hr |
| Jan 22, 11:08 AM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 40 hr |
| Jan 22, 10:24 AM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 47 hr |
| Jan 22, 10:02 AM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 50 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.