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Cold Weather Advisories in Minnesota, 2026
26 cold weather advisories 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 cold weather advisories reaches back to 2005.
Cold Weather Advisories by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Cold Weather Advisories
- 26
- Busiest month
- January24 cold weather advisories
- Busiest day
- January 17, 20264 cold weather advisories
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The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 1:26 PM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 7 more | 29 hr |
| Jan 17, 12:45 PM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 47 hr |
| Jan 17, 1:10 PM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 71 hr |
| Jan 17, 1:38 PM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 68 hr |
| Jan 17, 1:45 PM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 46 hr |
| Jan 18, 2:22 AM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 1 more | 32 hr |
| Jan 19, 12:00 PM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson, Lake of the Woods and 8 more | 22 hr |
| Jan 20, 12:43 PM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 3 more | 49 hr |
| Jan 20, 1:07 PM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen and 4 more | 47 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:19 AM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 60 hr |
| Jan 22, 9:46 AM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 47 hr |
| Jan 22, 10:24 AM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 47 hr |
| Jan 22, 1:12 PM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 4 days |
| Jan 23, 2:17 AM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 31 hr |
| Jan 23, 11:54 AM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 24 hr |
| Jan 23, 2:40 PM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 69 hr |
| Jan 25, 1:27 AM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 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, 2:13 AM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 32 hr |
| Jan 25, 2:19 AM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 33 hr |
| Jan 27, 1:58 PM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | FGF | Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 2 more | 19 hr |
| Jan 29, 12:50 PM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 22 hr |
| Jan 29, 1:32 PM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson and 11 more | 20 hr |
| Jan 30, 1:34 PM CST | Cold Weather Advisory | FGF | Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk and 2 more | 19 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:31 PM CDT | Cold Weather Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 20 hr |
| Mar 15, 8:32 PM CDT | Cold Weather Advisory | MPX | Martin | 13 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Mahnomen County8
- Norman County8
- Pennington County8
- Polk County8
- Red Lake County8
- Kittson County7
- Marshall County7
- Roseau County7
- Becker County6
- Clay County5
- Beltrami County5
- Clearwater County5
- Hubbard County5
- Otter Tail County4
- Wilkin County4
- Lake of the Woods County4
- Wadena County4
- Aitkin County4
- Carlton County4
- Cass County4
- Cook County4
- Crow Wing County4
- Itasca County4
- Lake County4
- Pine County4
- Saint Louis County4
- Martin County4
- Cottonwood County4
- Jackson County4
- Lincoln County4
- Lyon County4
- Murray County4
- Nobles County4
- Pipestone County4
- Grant County3
- Koochiching County3
- Dodge County3
- Fillmore County3
- Houston County3
- Mower County3
47 more counties
- Olmsted County3
- Wabasha County3
- Winona County3
- Anoka County3
- Benton County3
- Blue Earth County3
- Brown County3
- Carver County3
- Chippewa County3
- Chisago County3
- Dakota County3
- Douglas County3
- Faribault County3
- Freeborn County3
- Goodhue County3
- Hennepin County3
- Isanti County3
- Kanabec County3
- Kandiyohi County3
- Lac qui Parle County3
- Le Sueur County3
- McLeod County3
- Meeker County3
- Mille Lacs County3
- Morrison County3
- Nicollet County3
- Pope County3
- Ramsey County3
- Redwood County3
- Renville County3
- Rice County3
- Scott County3
- Sherburne County3
- Sibley County3
- Stearns County3
- Steele County3
- Stevens County3
- Swift County3
- Todd County3
- Waseca County3
- Washington County3
- Watonwan County3
- Wright County3
- Yellow Medicine County3
- Big Stone County3
- Traverse County3
- Rock County3
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.