Freeze Watches in Kansas
206 freeze 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 freeze watches reaches back to 2005.
Freeze Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Freeze Watches
- 206
- Busiest year
- 202516 freeze watches
- Average year
- 9over 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.
- Cherokee County33
- Crawford County33
- Hamilton County32
- Kearny County31
- Stanton County31
- Bourbon County31
- Grant County29
- Finney County28
- Ford County27
- Scott County27
- Hodgeman County25
- Lane County25
- Edwards County24
- Meade County24
- Morton County24
- Pawnee County24
- Republic County24
- Stafford County24
- Stevens County24
- Washington County24
- Ness County24
- Trego County24
- Barton County23
- Cloud County23
- Ellsworth County23
- Haskell County23
- Lincoln County23
- Phillips County23
- Rooks County23
- Russell County23
- Cheyenne County23
- Clay County22
- Gray County22
- Ottawa County22
- Seward County22
- Smith County22
- Rush County22
- Sherman County22
- Butler County21
- Dickinson County21
65 more counties
- Harper County21
- Harvey County21
- Kingman County21
- Osborne County21
- Reno County21
- Rice County21
- Saline County21
- Sedgwick County21
- Decatur County21
- Rawlins County21
- Jewell County20
- McPherson County20
- Marshall County20
- Mitchell County20
- Nemaha County20
- Pottawatomie County20
- Sumner County20
- Ellis County20
- Wallace County20
- Brown County19
- Cowley County19
- Greenwood County19
- Jackson County19
- Kiowa County19
- Marion County19
- Riley County19
- Logan County19
- Thomas County19
- Greeley County19
- Clark County18
- Geary County18
- Jefferson County18
- Shawnee County18
- Wabaunsee County18
- Wilson County18
- Woodson County18
- Norton County18
- Wichita County18
- Allen County17
- Chase County17
- Douglas County17
- Elk County17
- Morris County17
- Neosho County17
- Pratt County17
- Sheridan County17
- Anderson County16
- Coffey County16
- Franklin County16
- Lyon County16
- Osage County16
- Gove County16
- Labette County16
- Barber County15
- Comanche County15
- Chautauqua County15
- Montgomery County15
- Graham County14
- Atchison County10
- Doniphan County10
- Linn County10
- Miami County10
- Johnson County9
- Leavenworth County9
- Wyandotte County9
The latest freeze watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2:09 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins and 5 more | 45 hr |
| May 4, 12:54 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | DDC | Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell and 11 more | 46 hr |
| Apr 16, 12:36 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | GID | Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 34 hr |
| Apr 15, 5:35 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | GLD | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more | 41 hr |
| Apr 15, 1:33 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | DDC | Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell and 11 more | 45 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.