Alert archive / Minnesota / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Minnesota, 2026
18 winter storm watches 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 winter storm watches reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 18
- Busiest month
- March11 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- March 12, 20264 winter storm watches
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 1:26 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Becker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 6 more | 23 hr |
| Feb 15, 1:32 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen and 6 more | 43 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:32 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching and 2 more | 35 hr |
| Feb 22, 1:20 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Cook | 12 hr |
| Mar 11, 12:54 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Pine | 13 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:18 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 12 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:49 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Becker, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 6 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 12, 2:20 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 19 hr |
| Mar 12, 2:30 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 46 hr |
| Mar 12, 2:31 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 24 hr |
| Mar 12, 2:35 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Cottonwood, Jackson, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles and 2 more | 47 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:19 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail, Wadena, Wilkin | 8 hr |
| Mar 13, 12:58 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Lake, Saint Louis | 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 31, 2:31 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Hubbard, Wadena | 12 hr |
| Apr 1, 1:38 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more | 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, 2:10 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | ABR | Traverse | 23 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Aitkin County5
- Cass County5
- Kittson County4
- Mahnomen County4
- Marshall County4
- Norman County4
- Pennington County4
- Polk County4
- Red Lake County4
- Hubbard County4
- Carlton County4
- Cook County4
- Itasca County4
- Lake County4
- Saint Louis County4
- Crow Wing County4
- Wadena County4
- Becker County3
- Grant County3
- Otter Tail County3
- Wilkin County3
- Clearwater County3
- Roseau County3
- Koochiching County3
- Pine County3
- Clay County2
- Beltrami County2
- Lake of the Woods County2
- Chisago County2
- Isanti County2
- Kanabec County2
- Mille Lacs County2
- Traverse County2
- Anoka County1
- Benton County1
- Blue Earth County1
- Brown County1
- Carver County1
- Chippewa County1
- Dakota County1
47 more counties
- Douglas County1
- Faribault County1
- Freeborn County1
- Goodhue County1
- Hennepin County1
- Kandiyohi County1
- Lac qui Parle County1
- Le Sueur County1
- McLeod County1
- Martin County1
- Meeker County1
- Morrison County1
- Nicollet County1
- Pope County1
- Ramsey County1
- Redwood County1
- Renville County1
- Rice County1
- Scott County1
- Sherburne County1
- Sibley County1
- Stearns County1
- Steele County1
- Stevens County1
- Swift County1
- Todd County1
- Waseca County1
- Washington County1
- Watonwan County1
- Wright County1
- Yellow Medicine County1
- Dodge County1
- Fillmore County1
- Houston County1
- Mower County1
- Olmsted County1
- Wabasha County1
- Winona County1
- Big Stone County1
- Cottonwood County1
- Jackson County1
- Lincoln County1
- Lyon County1
- Murray County1
- Nobles County1
- Pipestone County1
- Rock County1
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.