Winter Weather Advisories in Minnesota
2,190 winter weather 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 winter weather advisories reaches back to 2005.
Winter Weather Advisories by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Weather Advisories
- 2,190
- Busiest year
- 2019172 winter weather advisories
- Average year
- 100over 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 County386
- Lake County321
- Polk County319
- Marshall County311
- Cook County302
- Kittson County271
- Clay County266
- Norman County266
- Otter Tail County263
- Wilkin County258
- Becker County255
- Carlton County253
- Pennington County250
- Red Lake County248
- Grant County245
- Cottonwood County243
- Lyon County239
- Roseau County239
- Nobles County238
- Itasca County237
- Murray County237
- Jackson County236
- Lincoln County236
- Pipestone County234
- Beltrami County233
- Clearwater County231
- Aitkin County229
- Mahnomen County229
- Traverse County225
- Waseca County225
- Blue Earth County224
- Steele County224
- Martin County223
- Big Stone County222
- Redwood County221
- Watonwan County221
- Faribault County220
- Brown County219
- Cass County219
- Nicollet County219
47 more counties
- Renville County219
- Dodge County216
- Olmsted County213
- Fillmore County211
- Freeborn County211
- Yellow Medicine County211
- Hubbard County210
- Mower County210
- Rice County209
- Le Sueur County208
- Sibley County208
- Pine County207
- Pope County207
- Rock County206
- Stevens County206
- Wadena County202
- Goodhue County201
- Lac qui Parle County201
- McLeod County201
- Swift County201
- Crow Wing County199
- Kandiyohi County198
- Houston County197
- Chippewa County196
- Stearns County196
- Douglas County194
- Wabasha County194
- Meeker County190
- Winona County190
- Carver County189
- Dakota County189
- Scott County189
- Washington County189
- Lake of the Woods County188
- Koochiching County186
- Chisago County184
- Hennepin County184
- Todd County184
- Kanabec County183
- Ramsey County182
- Wright County182
- Isanti County181
- Anoka County180
- Mille Lacs County178
- Sherburne County175
- Benton County173
- Morrison County171
The latest winter weather advisories
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 2:04 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Roseau | 20 hr |
| Apr 4, 11:47 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Grant, Hubbard, Otter Tail, Wadena | 7 hr |
| Apr 4, 9:50 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, Pine and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 2, 2:48 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Benton, Chippewa, Chisago, Douglas, Isanti, Kanabec and 16 more | 48 hr |
| Apr 2, 1:51 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone | 48 hr |
| Apr 2, 12:52 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Grant, Kittson, Marshall | 42 hr |
| Apr 2, 12:42 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Big Stone | 52 hr |
| Apr 1, 1:39 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona | 32 hr |
| Apr 1, 1:13 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cass, Cook, Crow Wing, Itasca and 4 more | 54 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:50 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 33 more | 48 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:31 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 11 more | 63 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:02 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Cottonwood, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Pipestone | 48 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.