Fire Weather Watches in Michigan
83 fire weather 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 fire weather watches reaches back to 2005.
Fire Weather Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Fire Weather Watches
- 83
- Busiest year
- 202311 fire weather watches
- Average year
- 5over 16 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.
- Montmorency County34
- Ogemaw County34
- Oscoda County34
- Roscommon County34
- Alcona County33
- Alpena County33
- Crawford County33
- Cheboygan County32
- Iosco County32
- Missaukee County32
- Presque Isle County32
- Antrim County31
- Otsego County31
- Emmet County30
- Gladwin County30
- Grand Traverse County30
- Kalkaska County30
- Wexford County30
- Arenac County29
- Manistee County29
- Benzie County28
- Leelanau County27
- Gogebic County19
- Houghton County19
- Ontonagon County19
- Clare County19
- Lake County19
- Mason County19
- Osceola County19
- Baraga County18
- Iron County18
- Menominee County18
- Newaygo County18
- Oceana County18
- Dickinson County17
- Marquette County17
- Delta County16
- Mecosta County15
- Alger County14
- Schoolcraft County13
43 more counties
- Isabella County13
- Keweenaw County11
- Montcalm County11
- Muskegon County11
- Charlevoix County11
- Luce County10
- Gratiot County10
- Allegan County8
- Barry County8
- Calhoun County8
- Clinton County8
- Eaton County8
- Ingham County8
- Ionia County8
- Jackson County8
- Kalamazoo County8
- Kent County8
- Ottawa County8
- Van Buren County8
- Bay County4
- Huron County4
- Midland County4
- Saginaw County4
- Sanilac County4
- Tuscola County4
- Genesee County3
- Lapeer County3
- Lenawee County3
- Livingston County3
- Macomb County3
- Monroe County3
- Oakland County3
- Saint Clair County3
- Shiawassee County3
- Washtenaw County3
- Wayne County3
- Branch County2
- Cass County2
- Hillsdale County2
- Saint Joseph County2
- Berrien County1
- Chippewa County1
- Mackinac County1
The latest fire weather watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2:51 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | APX | Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Benzie, Charlevoix and 17 more | 19 hr |
| May 15, 2:34 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | MQT | Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton and 5 more | 7 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.