Alert archive / Iowa / Frost Advisories
Frost Advisories in Iowa, 2016
11 frost advisories in 2016. 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 frost advisories reaches back to 2005.
Frost Advisories by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Frost Advisories
- 11
- Busiest month
- October6 frost advisories
- Busiest day
- May 14, 20163 frost advisories
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 3:44 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | FSD | Lyon, Osceola | 17 hr |
| May 14, 3:15 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 29 hr |
| May 14, 3:41 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Grundy and 6 more | 27 hr |
| May 14, 3:47 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 6 more | 28 hr |
| May 17, 7:19 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | DVN | Dubuque | 12 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:43 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | FSD | Lyon, Plymouth, Sioux, Woodbury | 18 hr |
| Oct 12, 3:45 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Henry, Jefferson, Louisa, Muscatine and 3 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 12, 3:53 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | DMX | Appanoose, Davis, Decatur, Monroe, Wapello, Wayne | 29 hr |
| Oct 20, 2:17 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 18 hr |
| Oct 20, 3:17 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | ARX | Allamakee, Clayton | 17 hr |
| Oct 20, 3:22 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | DMX | Adams, Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Lucas and 9 more | 17 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cedar County3
- Clinton County3
- Dubuque County3
- Muscatine County3
- Scott County3
- Lyon County2
- Allamakee County2
- Clayton County2
- Benton County2
- Buchanan County2
- Delaware County2
- Jackson County2
- Johnson County2
- Jones County2
- Linn County2
- Henry County2
- Jefferson County2
- Louisa County2
- Van Buren County2
- Washington County2
- Appanoose County2
- Davis County2
- Decatur County2
- Monroe County2
- Wapello County2
- Wayne County2
- Osceola County1
- Chickasaw County1
- Fayette County1
- Floyd County1
- Howard County1
- Mitchell County1
- Winneshiek County1
- Black Hawk County1
- Bremer County1
- Butler County1
- Cerro Gordo County1
- Franklin County1
- Grundy County1
- Hancock County1
21 more counties
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.