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Extreme Cold Warnings in Michigan, 2026
4 extreme cold warnings in 2026. 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 extreme cold warnings reaches back to 2005.
Extreme Cold Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Extreme Cold Warnings
- 4
- Busiest month
- January4 extreme cold warnings
- Busiest day
- January 22, 20263 extreme cold warnings
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 2:17 PM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | MQT | Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton and 7 more | 68 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:10 AM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | MQT | Alger, Delta, Schoolcraft | 56 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:36 PM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | GRR | Clare, Clinton, Gratiot, Ionia, Isabella, Kent and 9 more | 43 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:39 PM EST | Extreme Cold Warning | APX | Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Benzie, Charlevoix and 19 more | 45 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Alger County2
- Delta County2
- Schoolcraft County2
- Baraga County1
- Dickinson County1
- Gogebic County1
- Houghton County1
- Iron County1
- Keweenaw County1
- Luce County1
- Marquette County1
- Menominee County1
- Ontonagon County1
- Clare County1
- Clinton County1
- Gratiot County1
- Ionia County1
- Isabella County1
- Kent County1
- Lake County1
- Mason County1
- Mecosta County1
- Montcalm County1
- Muskegon County1
- Newaygo County1
- Oceana County1
- Osceola County1
- Ottawa County1
- Alcona County1
- Alpena County1
- Antrim County1
- Arenac County1
- Benzie County1
- Charlevoix County1
- Cheboygan County1
- Chippewa County1
- Crawford County1
- Emmet County1
- Gladwin County1
- Grand Traverse County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.