Freeze Watches in Maryland
157 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
- 157
- Busiest year
- 201221 freeze watches
- Average year
- 7over 21 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.
- Frederick County56
- Carroll County54
- Baltimore County53
- Washington County53
- Allegany County39
- Cecil County35
- Harford County33
- Howard County30
- Montgomery County28
- Kent County27
- Queen Anne's County26
- Caroline County24
- Talbot County24
- City of Baltimore20
- Anne Arundel County19
- Calvert County19
- Charles County19
- Prince George's County19
- Saint Mary's County19
- Worcester County14
- Somerset County13
- Dorchester County12
- Wicomico County12
- Garrett County4
The latest freeze watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 12:27 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | Allegany, Garrett | 24 hr |
| May 1, 12:06 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | Allegany, Garrett | 24 hr |
| Apr 19, 1:41 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | AKQ | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester | 13 hr |
| Apr 18, 11:59 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Cecil, Charles and 8 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:02 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | PHI | Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 37 hr |
| Apr 7, 2:19 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | PHI | Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 31 hr |
| Apr 7, 2:13 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | Baltimore, Carroll, Cecil, Frederick, Harford, Howard and 2 more | 35 hr |
| Apr 6, 2:25 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | AKQ | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester | 12 hr |
| Apr 6, 1:49 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | LWX | Baltimore, Carroll, Cecil, Frederick, Harford, Howard and 3 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 6, 12:15 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | PHI | Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 14 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.