Alert archive / Minnesota / Freeze Warnings
Freeze Warnings in Minnesota, 2026
13 freeze warnings 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 freeze warnings reaches back to 2005.
Freeze Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Freeze Warnings
- 13
- Busiest month
- May11 freeze warnings
- Busiest day
- May 1, 20263 freeze warnings
Over time
By month
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 1:01 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Chisago, Isanti, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, McLeod and 5 more | 19 hr |
| Apr 30, 1:46 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | MPX | Chisago | 18 hr |
| May 1, 2:25 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 30 hr |
| May 1, 1:03 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | MPX | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago and 26 more | 19 hr |
| May 1, 1:06 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 19 hr |
| May 5, 12:53 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | MPX | Benton, Chippewa, Chisago, Douglas, Isanti, Kanabec and 14 more | 19 hr |
| May 5, 1:19 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | FSD | Cottonwood, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone and 1 more | 18 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 10, 11:32 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson, Lake of the Woods and 9 more | 21 hr |
| May 10, 1:00 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | MPX | Benton, Chisago, Douglas, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs and 4 more | 19 hr |
| May 19, 1:03 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson and 10 more | 20 hr |
| May 19, 2:09 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 3 more | 18 hr |
| May 21, 2:14 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Chisago County5
- Isanti County4
- Sherburne County4
- Chippewa County3
- Kandiyohi County3
- Lac qui Parle County3
- Meeker County3
- Renville County3
- Yellow Medicine County3
- Becker County3
- Beltrami County3
- Clearwater County3
- Hubbard County3
- Kittson County3
- Lake of the Woods County3
- Mahnomen County3
- Marshall County3
- Norman County3
- Pennington County3
- Polk County3
- Red Lake County3
- Roseau County3
- McLeod County2
- Wright County2
- Redwood County2
- Cottonwood County2
- Lincoln County2
- Lyon County2
- Murray County2
- Nobles County2
- Pipestone County2
- Rock County2
- Benton County2
- Douglas County2
- Kanabec County2
- Mille Lacs County2
- Morrison County2
- Stearns County2
- Todd County2
- Wadena County2
43 more counties
- Cook County2
- Lake County2
- Saint Louis County2
- Dodge County1
- Fillmore County1
- Houston County1
- Mower County1
- Olmsted County1
- Wabasha County1
- Winona County1
- Anoka County1
- Blue Earth County1
- Brown County1
- Carver County1
- Dakota County1
- Faribault County1
- Freeborn County1
- Goodhue County1
- Hennepin County1
- Le Sueur County1
- Martin County1
- Nicollet County1
- Ramsey County1
- Rice County1
- Scott County1
- Sibley County1
- Steele County1
- Waseca County1
- Washington County1
- Watonwan County1
- Jackson County1
- Pope County1
- Stevens County1
- Swift County1
- Otter Tail County1
- Clay County1
- Wilkin County1
- Aitkin County1
- Carlton County1
- Cass County1
- Crow Wing County1
- Itasca County1
- Koochiching County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.