Cold Weather Advisories in Minnesota
88 cold weather advisories 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 cold weather advisories reaches back to 2005.
Cold Weather Advisories by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Cold Weather Advisories
- 88
- Busiest year
- 202560 cold weather advisories
- Average year
- 29over 3 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.
- Polk County24
- Pennington County23
- Red Lake County23
- Kittson County22
- Marshall County22
- Roseau County21
- Mahnomen County20
- Norman County20
- Clearwater County18
- Beltrami County17
- Becker County16
- Cook County16
- Lake County16
- Lake of the Woods County16
- Hubbard County15
- Saint Louis County15
- Clay County15
- Carlton County14
- Koochiching County14
- Jackson County14
- Nobles County14
- Itasca County13
- Cottonwood County13
- Lincoln County13
- Lyon County13
- Martin County13
- Murray County13
- Pipestone County13
- Aitkin County12
- Faribault County12
- Rock County12
- Cass County11
- Freeborn County11
- Otter Tail County11
- Steele County11
- Wadena County11
- Wilkin County11
- Blue Earth County10
- Brown County10
- Crow Wing County10
47 more counties
- Dodge County10
- Fillmore County10
- Mower County10
- Olmsted County10
- Redwood County10
- Waseca County10
- Watonwan County10
- Anoka County9
- Carver County9
- Chippewa County9
- Dakota County9
- Douglas County9
- Grant County9
- Hennepin County9
- Kandiyohi County9
- Lac qui Parle County9
- Le Sueur County9
- McLeod County9
- Meeker County9
- Nicollet County9
- Pine County9
- Pope County9
- Ramsey County9
- Renville County9
- Rice County9
- Scott County9
- Sibley County9
- Stearns County9
- Stevens County9
- Swift County9
- Todd County9
- Traverse County9
- Yellow Medicine County9
- Benton County8
- Big Stone County8
- Goodhue County8
- Houston County8
- Morrison County8
- Sherburne County8
- Wabasha County8
- Washington County8
- Winona County8
- Wright County8
- Chisago County7
- Isanti County7
- Kanabec County7
- Mille Lacs County7
The latest cold weather advisories
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 8:32 PM CDT | Cold Weather Advisory | MPX | Martin | 13 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:31 PM CDT | Cold Weather Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 20 hr |
| Jan 30, 1:34 PM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | FGF | Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 2 more | 19 hr |
| Jan 29, 1:32 PM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson and 11 more | 20 hr |
| Jan 29, 12:50 PM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 22 hr |
| Jan 27, 1:58 PM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | FGF | Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 2 more | 19 hr |
| Jan 25, 2:19 AM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 33 hr |
| Jan 25, 2:13 AM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 32 hr |
| Jan 25, 1:32 AM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 34 hr |
| Jan 25, 1:27 AM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 32 hr |
| Jan 23, 2:40 PM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 69 hr |
| Jan 23, 11:54 AM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 24 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.