Freeze Warnings in Michigan
388 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
- 388
- Busiest year
- 201260 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.
- Clare County100
- Osceola County100
- Lake County97
- Newaygo County89
- Mecosta County88
- Isabella County82
- Crawford County81
- Kalkaska County78
- Mason County78
- Otsego County78
- Oscoda County78
- Roscommon County76
- Cheboygan County75
- Montmorency County75
- Missaukee County74
- Oceana County74
- Antrim County73
- Emmet County71
- Wexford County70
- Montcalm County70
- Ogemaw County70
- Gratiot County69
- Lapeer County65
- Tuscola County63
- Saginaw County62
- Presque Isle County62
- Midland County61
- Huron County60
- Ionia County60
- Saint Clair County60
- Grand Traverse County59
- Sanilac County59
- Bay County58
- Genesee County58
- Hillsdale County58
- Shiawassee County58
- Alpena County58
- Branch County57
- Clinton County57
- Kent County57
43 more counties
- Alcona County57
- Eaton County56
- Muskegon County56
- Calhoun County55
- Cass County54
- Ottawa County54
- Saint Joseph County54
- Manistee County53
- Oakland County53
- Barry County52
- Ingham County52
- Jackson County52
- Livingston County52
- Iosco County52
- Kalamazoo County51
- Macomb County51
- Allegan County50
- Benzie County48
- Van Buren County48
- Washtenaw County48
- Gladwin County48
- Lenawee County46
- Arenac County42
- Leelanau County39
- Monroe County39
- Wayne County39
- Iron County34
- Houghton County32
- Charlevoix County31
- Baraga County30
- Dickinson County27
- Gogebic County26
- Ontonagon County25
- Marquette County20
- Delta County14
- Alger County12
- Menominee County11
- Schoolcraft County11
- Luce County9
- Mackinac County7
- Berrien County7
- Chippewa County6
- Keweenaw County2
The latest freeze warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 1:36 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | MQT | Baraga, Houghton, Iron | 19 hr |
| May 20, 1:57 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | MQT | Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Houghton, Iron and 3 more | 19 hr |
| May 20, 1:22 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | APX | Chippewa, Crawford, Kalkaska, Mackinac, Montmorency, Oscoda and 1 more | 20 hr |
| May 11, 2:13 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | APX | Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Charlevoix, Cheboygan and 14 more | 18 hr |
| May 11, 2:05 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | DTX | Bay, Huron, Lapeer, Macomb, Midland, Saint Clair and 2 more | 18 hr |
| May 11, 1:34 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | GRR | Clare, Isabella, Lake, Mason, Mecosta, Osceola | 18 hr |
| May 10, 1:28 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | APX | Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Benzie, Charlevoix and 17 more | 19 hr |
| May 10, 1:10 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | GRR | Clare, Isabella, Lake, Mason, Mecosta, Newaygo and 2 more | 19 hr |
| May 9, 1:53 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GRR | Clare, Lake, Osceola | 30 hr |
| May 9, 1:47 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | APX | Antrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Crawford, Emmet and 11 more | 30 hr |
| May 7, 12:53 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | GRR | Clare, Osceola | 20 hr |
| May 7, 12:50 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | APX | Alcona, Alpena, Cheboygan, Crawford, Emmet, Iosco and 9 more | 20 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. Rebuilt daily.