Winter Storm Watches in Minnesota
734 winter storm watches 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 winter storm watches reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 734
- Busiest year
- 201962 winter storm watches
- Average year
- 33over 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 County137
- Lake County114
- Polk County108
- Norman County106
- Wilkin County106
- Cook County105
- Otter Tail County105
- Clay County104
- Grant County102
- Marshall County100
- Carlton County96
- Becker County94
- Beltrami County94
- Redwood County93
- Clearwater County91
- Kittson County90
- Pennington County90
- Wadena County90
- Blue Earth County89
- Brown County89
- Red Lake County89
- Mahnomen County88
- Nicollet County88
- Le Sueur County87
- Renville County87
- Hubbard County86
- Waseca County86
- Yellow Medicine County86
- Dodge County85
- Rice County85
- Winona County85
- Watonwan County85
- Chippewa County84
- Lac qui Parle County84
- Murray County84
- Traverse County84
- Martin County84
- Dakota County83
- Goodhue County83
- Lake of the Woods County83
47 more counties
- Olmsted County83
- Steele County83
- Wabasha County83
- Big Stone County82
- Cottonwood County82
- Faribault County82
- Kandiyohi County82
- Mower County81
- Swift County81
- Pine County81
- Sibley County81
- Douglas County80
- Fillmore County80
- Freeborn County80
- Lyon County80
- Stearns County80
- Aitkin County80
- Cass County79
- Hennepin County79
- Roseau County79
- Scott County79
- Meeker County78
- Benton County77
- Jackson County77
- Nobles County77
- Washington County77
- Carver County76
- Lincoln County76
- Morrison County76
- Pipestone County76
- Pope County76
- Mille Lacs County76
- Itasca County75
- Kanabec County75
- Ramsey County75
- Todd County75
- Houston County74
- Anoka County73
- Crow Wing County73
- Stevens County73
- McLeod County73
- Chisago County72
- Wright County72
- Koochiching County70
- Sherburne County69
- Isanti County68
- Rock County63
The latest winter storm watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2:10 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Traverse | 23 hr |
| Apr 1, 1:59 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 36 hr |
| Apr 1, 1:38 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:31 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Hubbard, Wadena | 12 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:24 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 13, 12:58 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Lake, Saint Louis | 12 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:19 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wadena, Wilkin | 8 hr |
| Mar 12, 2:35 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 47 hr |
| Mar 12, 2:31 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 24 hr |
| Mar 12, 2:30 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 46 hr |
| Mar 12, 2:20 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 19 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:49 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Becker, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 6 more | 14 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.