Winter Storm Watches in Michigan
546 winter storm 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 winter storm watches reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 546
- Busiest year
- 200871 winter storm watches
- Average year
- 25over 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.
- Houghton County93
- Marquette County89
- Ontonagon County88
- Alger County87
- Schoolcraft County86
- Gogebic County82
- Leelanau County81
- Baraga County80
- Grand Traverse County79
- Kalkaska County79
- Otsego County79
- Keweenaw County78
- Antrim County77
- Benzie County77
- Crawford County77
- Manistee County76
- Wexford County76
- Oceana County74
- Emmet County73
- Allegan County72
- Cheboygan County72
- Van Buren County72
- Luce County71
- Lake County70
- Mason County70
- Newaygo County70
- Ottawa County70
- Cass County70
- Delta County69
- Iron County69
- Kalamazoo County69
- Alcona County68
- Barry County68
- Menominee County67
- Presque Isle County67
- Kent County65
- Missaukee County65
- Muskegon County65
- Oscoda County65
- Dickinson County64
43 more counties
- Montmorency County64
- Alpena County63
- Ionia County61
- Calhoun County60
- Eaton County60
- Iosco County60
- Mecosta County60
- Ogemaw County60
- Osceola County60
- Roscommon County60
- Isabella County59
- Sanilac County59
- Gladwin County58
- Saint Joseph County58
- Arenac County57
- Montcalm County57
- Gratiot County56
- Huron County56
- Ingham County56
- Saginaw County56
- Bay County55
- Clare County55
- Clinton County55
- Genesee County55
- Lapeer County55
- Midland County55
- Saint Clair County55
- Tuscola County55
- Branch County54
- Jackson County54
- Hillsdale County53
- Livingston County52
- Shiawassee County52
- Oakland County51
- Macomb County49
- Washtenaw County48
- Wayne County44
- Lenawee County43
- Monroe County42
- Charlevoix County27
- Chippewa County27
- Mackinac County27
- Berrien County11
The latest winter storm watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 2:26 AM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | APX | Chippewa, Mackinac | 10 hr |
| Apr 2, 1:04 AM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | MQT | Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton and 7 more | 26 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:43 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | MQT | Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton and 7 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 31, 3:40 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | APX | Alpena, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Chippewa, Emmet, Mackinac and 3 more | 22 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:54 AM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | MQT | Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton and 7 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:44 AM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | GRR | Clare, Lake, Mason, Mecosta, Newaygo, Oceana and 1 more | 33 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:42 AM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | APX | Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Arenac, Benzie, Charlevoix and 19 more | 34 hr |
| Mar 11, 2:31 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | APX | Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Chippewa, Emmet, Mackinac | 21 hr |
| Mar 11, 2:27 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | MQT | Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton and 7 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:00 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | MQT | Marquette | 11 hr |
| Feb 19, 1:06 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | MQT | Alger, Luce, Marquette, Schoolcraft | 13 hr |
| Feb 16, 1:57 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | APX | Alcona, Alpena, Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Chippewa and 11 more | 13 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.