Freeze Warnings in Louisiana
399 freeze warnings 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 warnings reaches back to 2005.
Freeze Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Freeze Warnings
- 399
- Busiest year
- 201148 freeze warnings
- Average year
- 18over 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.
- Assumption Parish108
- Saint James Parish108
- Saint John the Baptist Parish106
- Saint Bernard Parish89
- Rapides Parish78
- Avoyelles Parish77
- Vernon Parish76
- Allen Parish72
- Beauregard Parish71
- Evangeline Parish71
- Saint Landry Parish69
- Washington Parish65
- East Feliciana Parish64
- Saint Helena Parish64
- East Baton Rouge Parish62
- Pointe Coupee Parish61
- West Baton Rouge Parish61
- West Feliciana Parish61
- Claiborne Parish57
- Union Parish57
- Saint Martin Parish57
- Lincoln Parish53
- Ouachita Parish52
- East Carroll Parish51
- Madison Parish51
- Morehouse Parish51
- West Carroll Parish51
- Iberville Parish51
- Jackson Parish50
- Bossier Parish49
- Caddo Parish49
- Richland Parish49
- Webster Parish49
- Tangipahoa Parish49
- Bienville Parish48
- Caldwell Parish47
- Lafayette Parish47
- Franklin Parish45
- Tensas Parish45
- Red River Parish44
21 more counties
- Catahoula Parish43
- De Soto Parish43
- Winn Parish43
- Concordia Parish41
- LaSalle Parish41
- Grant Parish39
- Natchitoches Parish38
- Sabine Parish36
- Cameron Parish21
- Saint Tammany Parish17
- Orleans Parish12
- Livingston Parish11
- Plaquemines Parish11
- Ascension Parish9
- Acadia Parish9
- Calcasieu Parish9
- Jefferson Davis Parish9
- Jefferson Parish8
- Vermilion Parish7
- Iberia Parish6
- St. Mary Parish5
The latest freeze warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 12:27 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | LIX | Saint Tammany, Washington | 20 hr |
| Mar 16, 11:55 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | LIX | Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston and 8 more | 21 hr |
| Mar 16, 2:32 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | JAN | Catahoula, Concordia, East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Morehouse and 3 more | 31 hr |
| Mar 15, 11:37 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | SHV | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 11 more | 33 hr |
| Mar 15, 6:47 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Evangeline and 8 more | 38 hr |
| Feb 23, 10:42 AM CST | Freeze Warning | LIX | Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston and 9 more | 22 hr |
| Feb 1, 11:15 AM CST | Freeze Warning | LIX | Assumption, Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint James and 1 more | 22 hr |
| Jan 31, 10:05 AM CST | Freeze Warning | LCH | Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 10 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 28, 2:31 AM CST | Freeze Warning | LIX | Assumption, Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint James and 1 more | 29 hr |
| Jan 27, 2:18 AM CST | Freeze Warning | LIX | Assumption, Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, Saint Bernard, Saint James and 1 more | 30 hr |
| Jan 18, 11:11 AM CST | Freeze Warning | LIX | Assumption, Jefferson, Plaquemines, Saint James, Saint John the Baptist | 22 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.