Freeze Warnings in Minnesota
258 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
- 258
- Busiest year
- 202025 freeze warnings
- Average year
- 12over 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.
- Saint Louis County57
- Cook County55
- Lake County55
- Beltrami County43
- Koochiching County42
- Lake of the Woods County41
- Itasca County41
- Marshall County40
- Clearwater County39
- Polk County39
- Roseau County39
- Pennington County37
- Red Lake County37
- Hubbard County36
- Pipestone County36
- Winona County36
- Houston County35
- Lincoln County35
- Olmsted County35
- Wabasha County35
- Dodge County34
- Fillmore County34
- Mower County34
- Rock County34
- Mahnomen County33
- Becker County32
- Kittson County32
- Murray County31
- Nobles County31
- Lyon County30
- Wadena County30
- Aitkin County30
- Cottonwood County28
- Jackson County28
- Norman County28
- Carlton County28
- Chippewa County26
- Chisago County26
- Kandiyohi County26
- Meeker County26
47 more counties
- Pine County26
- Kanabec County25
- Morrison County25
- Otter Tail County25
- Renville County24
- Wright County24
- Yellow Medicine County24
- Cass County24
- Isanti County23
- Lac qui Parle County23
- McLeod County23
- Mille Lacs County23
- Redwood County23
- Todd County23
- Big Stone County22
- Clay County22
- Douglas County22
- Steele County22
- Traverse County22
- Anoka County21
- Benton County21
- Freeborn County21
- Goodhue County21
- Le Sueur County21
- Rice County21
- Waseca County21
- Blue Earth County20
- Brown County20
- Carver County20
- Dakota County20
- Faribault County20
- Grant County20
- Martin County20
- Scott County20
- Sherburne County20
- Sibley County20
- Washington County20
- Watonwan County20
- Wilkin County20
- Crow Wing County20
- Nicollet County19
- Pope County19
- Stevens County19
- Swift County19
- Hennepin County18
- Ramsey County18
- Stearns County18
The latest freeze warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2:14 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 6 hr |
| May 19, 2:09 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 3 more | 18 hr |
| May 19, 1:03 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson and 10 more | 20 hr |
| May 10, 1:00 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | MPX | Benton, Chisago, Douglas, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs and 4 more | 19 hr |
| May 10, 11:32 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson, Lake of the Woods and 9 more | 21 hr |
| May 9, 11:31 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson, Lake of the Woods and 7 more | 21 hr |
| May 5, 1:19 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone and 1 more | 18 hr |
| May 5, 12:53 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | MPX | Benton, Chippewa, Chisago, Douglas, Isanti, Kanabec and 14 more | 19 hr |
| May 1, 1:06 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 19 hr |
| May 1, 1:03 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | MPX | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago and 26 more | 19 hr |
| May 1, 2:25 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 30 hr |
| Apr 30, 1:46 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | MPX | Chisago | 18 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.