Frost Advisories in Minnesota
500 frost 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 frost advisories reaches back to 2005.
Frost Advisories by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Frost Advisories
- 500
- Busiest year
- 202641 frost advisories
- Average year
- 23over 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 County147
- Lake County134
- Cook County132
- Koochiching County107
- Itasca County100
- Marshall County87
- Polk County81
- Aitkin County77
- Carlton County75
- Beltrami County74
- Roseau County74
- Lake of the Woods County73
- Pennington County73
- Red Lake County73
- Cass County72
- Clearwater County71
- Kittson County70
- Hubbard County65
- Mahnomen County64
- Pine County60
- Becker County58
- Crow Wing County58
- Norman County55
- Kanabec County53
- Mille Lacs County52
- Chisago County51
- Isanti County51
- Morrison County48
- Wadena County48
- Benton County47
- Otter Tail County45
- Pipestone County45
- Lincoln County44
- Clay County43
- Todd County43
- Washington County43
- Houston County43
- Winona County43
- Cottonwood County41
- Nobles County41
47 more counties
- Wilkin County41
- Wabasha County41
- Jackson County40
- Lyon County40
- Murray County40
- Rock County40
- Grant County39
- Anoka County38
- Stearns County38
- Goodhue County37
- Brown County36
- Douglas County35
- Lac qui Parle County35
- Sherburne County35
- Kandiyohi County35
- Meeker County35
- Nicollet County35
- Redwood County35
- Yellow Medicine County35
- Dakota County34
- Pope County34
- Swift County33
- Wright County33
- Chippewa County33
- Sibley County33
- Fillmore County33
- Renville County32
- Dodge County32
- Mower County32
- Olmsted County32
- Rice County31
- Stevens County31
- McLeod County31
- Big Stone County30
- Traverse County30
- Blue Earth County30
- Watonwan County30
- Freeborn County30
- Le Sueur County30
- Steele County30
- Scott County29
- Martin County29
- Carver County28
- Hennepin County28
- Ramsey County28
- Faribault County28
- Waseca County28
The latest frost advisories
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 1:04 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | DLH | Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Saint Louis | 19 hr |
| Sep 21, 12:59 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 19 hr |
| Sep 21, 12:43 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods | 19 hr |
| Sep 20, 4:46 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | DLH | Cook, Koochiching, Lake, Saint Louis | 15 hr |
| Sep 15, 2:07 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Roseau | 18 hr |
| Sep 15, 2:06 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | DLH | Koochiching | 18 hr |
| Sep 13, 3:26 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and 2 more | 29 hr |
| May 21, 11:06 AM CDT | Frost Advisory | DLH | Carlton, Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 20 hr |
| May 20, 2:12 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | DLH | Carlton, Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 18 hr |
| May 19, 2:09 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | DLH | Pine | 18 hr |
| May 19, 1:03 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | FGF | Becker, Grant, Otter Tail | 20 hr |
| May 19, 12:55 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 19 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.